preventable
Example Sentences
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Aina said that American Black women die in childbirth at three times the rate for white women, and 87% of these deaths were preventable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Bad things happen when we don’t get enough of it, the main one being dehydration, a leading preventable cause of hospitalizations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
For Debbie Wills, who has spent nearly 40 years working with black lung patients at Valley Health Systems, the situation is all the more dire because the disease is "totally preventable."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The physician also warned that requiring families to return repeatedly increases the chance children will miss doses, leaving them vulnerable to preventable illnesses.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Secretary LaHood, tall and genial, a former Illinois congressman, had begun focusing himself, and his agency, on the issue of preventable traffic fatalities, especially those caused by use of technology by drivers.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
