precaution
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Some 50,000 people remain under evacuation orders as a precaution, and a state of emergency has been declared by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Orange County Health Officer Regina Chinsio Kwong said Friday the large exclusion zone around the tank was a necessary precaution.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Ten other passengers and crew members are being brought to the UK from British territories in the south Atlantic, Saint Helena and Ascension Islands, as a precaution.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
All 224 passengers on board were evacuated by inflatable emergency slides as a matter of precaution, Frontier said.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
Marines sat in the bow of our launch to provide covering fire while we disembarked; which precaution seemed of little utility, for the docks were now empty of all enemies.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing precaution
Power Prefix: pre-
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Bush's Address on 9/11
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