prevention
Example Sentences
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Until now, the agency had awarded money only for homeless prevention efforts such as direct rental subsidies to tenants.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Obesity increases the risk of many lifestyle-related diseases, making prevention a major public health priority.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
“We’re in the levee-building business, not the hurricane prevention business,” he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Spacey and Clinton were travelling on a humanitarian trip to promote Aids prevention.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
It is no longer concerned primarily with the prevention and punishment of crime, but rather with the management and control of the dispossessed.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing prevention
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