prevention
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A city analysis a couple of years ago cited repair costs as one issue and vandalism prevention as another.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Her first major contribution to the field of anxiety and fear-based disorders was in the 1970s and ’80s, with a therapy called exposure and response prevention that she used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"These results demonstrate the benefit of intensive lowering cholesterol earlier and should change how we think about the prevention of heart attacks, strokes, and heart disease in patients without known significant atherosclerosis."
From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026
“We’re in the levee-building business, not the hurricane prevention business,” he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
There would be a special assembly with the fire chief and the mayor there, and the newspaper would send someone to take pictures and interview kids about fire prevention.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Vocabulary lists containing prevention
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