prevent
Example Sentences
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If structural barriers prevent such local electricity generation, companies can claim credit for PPAs outside of where they operate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
"Through strengthened domestic protection, climate-responsive planning, and global financial and technical assistance, we can still prevent the first modern extinction of a great ape species."
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
"However, we regret that proactive measures taken to prevent secondary damage and explanations based on clear facts regarding last year's data breach were not sufficiently reflected" in the commission's decision, it said.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
With encouragement from Kincaid, Lee, 49, began by planting small sages that would grow quickly and help prevent erosion, since water, mulch and rain often ran down the hillside to the sidewalk.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Are we going to travel back in time and prevent genocide, world wars, the atomic bomb?
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing prevent
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