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precaution
noun as in carefulness; preventative measure
Example Sentences
A nearby school and residential block have been evacuated as a precaution and traffic in the area is expected to be affected.
But except for staying home, there were few precautions that the workers, mostly men from Mexico, could take.
“You’d think they would have taken extra precautions to make sure every hot spot, everything was extinguished there from the previous fire ... Apparently that didn’t happen.”
“One does not become a judge without reading a great many books. Please forgive my appearance. It is a precaution against cats.”
As a necessary precaution, members of Kontos’s crew stood by the ship with axes ready to cut the ropes if the Mykali started to be dragged down.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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