preventing

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After a discussion of Keynesian prescriptions for preventing depression in the 1940s, he sent me to George Terborgh, an obscure economist with a contrarian and bullish view on American potential.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

The combination probably explains the excessive growth, turning the water surface an opaque green and preventing onlookers from seeing the new blue hue of the concrete basin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Observations from the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, known as XRISM, are providing new evidence that supermassive black holes could be preventing these giant galaxies from forming as many stars as expected.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026

Traditional IPOs include a provision preventing insiders and early investors from selling stock for 180 days.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Twin Cities job market analyst Kristine Jacobs pinpoints what she calls the “money taboo” as a major factor preventing workers from optimizing their earnings.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich