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preventive

[pri-ven-tiv] / prɪˈvɛn tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
deterrent
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Gupton and Contorno said the cost makes sense financially because they save on off-hours trips to urgent-care clinics, get better preventive care and don’t need as many referrals to specialists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

"It is a lot about preventive medicine just now because there are limited medical supplies in space but with commercial flights, there could be a higher medical risk."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Khan, who was not involved in the study, is also Magerstadt Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology and an associate professor of cardiology and preventive medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

Martha Gulati is a preventive cardiologist and the inaugural director of the Davis Women’s Heart Center at the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Well, the guy evidently hadn’t been getting the three-times-yearly preventive cleaning and lubricating, which made all the difference.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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