precautionary
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But you can take precautionary steps to lower your expenses and become less dependent on government retirement income.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
"This is a precautionary and clinically-led step to ensure that referrals for gender surgery are supported by robust quality, safety and clinical governance arrangements," it said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Bristol-Myers Squibb also paused trials of its similar CAR-T treatment, zola-cel, as a precautionary measure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“The plan is to probably hold him and I think he’ll be able from that point forward. But it’s certainly not long term. A little precautionary right now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Fearful that such measures might not be sufficient to protect their interests, the planter class took an additional precautionary step, a step that would later come to be known as a “racial bribe.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
