precaution
Example Sentences
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The units were shut down as a safety precaution and an assessment of the consequences for refinery operations at the site is underway, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
As a precaution, Anthropic has shared a version of Mythos with cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks, as well as with Amazon, Apple and Microsoft in a project it dubbed "Glasswing."
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Major international businesses—banks and consulting firms among them—evacuated office staff as a precaution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Health experts are arranging antibiotics for some other students in the area as a precaution against the dangerous infection.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Once there I took the further precaution of lying down.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
Vocabulary lists containing precaution
Power Prefix: pre-
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Bush's Address on 9/11
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"Women in Aviation," Vocabulary from the informational text
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