How to Use preventative in a Sentence

preventative

1 of 2 adjective

• The first key to at-home care is taking preventative measures.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
• If preventative measures aren't working, here's how to get rid of stink bugs.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2022
• Here’s how: Expand the HIV workforce to provide preventative tools and treatment to those most in need.
  — Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022
• Cover crawlspace vents to avoid drafts and keep up with preventative measures, like keeping your home warm and your taps on.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2024
• The preventative spraying and removal of dead palms are both costly.
  — Linda Jones, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022
• Layers of preventative measures both inside and outside the park are in place for the protection of guests and team members.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2022
• This list is still sort of being figured out, but there's a lot potentially at stake here in terms of preventative care.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• The trawler had sailed from Libya, which remains—despite all the money that the E.U. has spent on preventative measures—a hub for human trafficking.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• Judge Reed O’Connor wrote that insurers and employers should not have to cover a vast amount of preventative care cost-free.
  — Ruth Serven Smith | [e-mail], al, 30 Mar. 2023
• With the help of staff at the shelter, Watts was able to start making and keeping appointments for regular preventative care.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
• There is no vaccine for the virus, so preventative measures are the most effective way to avoid infection.
  — Chris Boyette, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
• Scientists and health experts have made strides in tackling the disease over the last two decades using a wide range of preventative measures.
  — Bethlehem Feleke, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
• But wearing nail polish isn't just a preventative measure in the winter.
  — Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping, 19 Oct. 2022
• However, treatment and preventative measures related to the causes of the bumps can help keep them at bay.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 6 Mar. 2023
• However, doctors said lifestyle changes and preventative care could help slow some of the decline.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
• Kao, Vasyukevich, Levine, and Farina are split on the subject of whether a facelift could be considered a preventative measure.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2022
• Eurostar is taking preventative measures to prevent the spread from Paris to London.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2023
• The tennis star works hard to prevent injuries, which includes lots of preventative stretching and yoga.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 16 Mar. 2023
• Niculescu said the blood test could be an additional tool in preventative mental health care.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• Another way to keep stink bugs out is through preventative measures.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
• Popular in anti-aging and preventative skincare routines alike, retinol is a go-to for many.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
• This single preventative measure will help lower your skin cancer risk and keep you looking younger and less wrinkled.
  — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 14 Sep. 2022
• One very effective preventative measure, however, would be to not crawl through mud with open cuts.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• Firmly seating a screwdriver or drill bit before turning will help, but when that's not enough, many of these tips are great preventative measures as well.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
• According to Smith, that threat can sometimes lead to preventative blackouts.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022
• This would be a preventative measure to keep budgets under control.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2023
• Maintaining a healthy weight is the best preventative measure to reduce the risk of endometrial cancer.
  — Deanna Taylor, Essence, 20 Mar. 2024
• Ticks are often a part of life for people who spend time outdoors in the summer, no matter how committed someone is to preventative measures.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 14 Mar. 2023
• While preventative care is key, Dr. Ostad recommends other treatments when the creams don’t work.
  — Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Maintenance and preventative measures can go a long way to keep your granite surfaces looking sharp.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2022

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preventative

2 of 2 noun

• The best preventative to keep weed seeds from sprouting in the garden and around trees and shrubs is to keep the soil covered with a layer of mulch.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2021
• The fight to find a cure or preventative for cancer has been ongoing for decades.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Aug. 2022
• These should be sprayed each year as a preventative in late October and again 30 days later.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
• Ferrets can also get heartworms and need to be on a monthly preventative for life.
  — Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2021
• The broader focus of criminal justice was on the punitive, not the preventative.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022
• Though it is touted as a potential preventative and/or cure for dementia, there is no conclusive evidence to these ends, as the NIH notes.
  — Jes Skolnik, Allure, 23 Sep. 2021
• Hygiene measures, like hand washing and staying home when sick, can go a long way as a preventative, as does getting vaccinated.
  — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
• Each animal receives a first round of vaccinations, a flea/tick preventative, dewormer and a microchip registered to the new adopter.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2023
• For owners that want to try out an oral preventative, Dr. Brausa recommends Comfortis.
  — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, 11 May 2022
• As those numbers increase, so, too, will the public’s desire for an effective preventative.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2021
• Abracadabra is ancient medicine, the people's preventative passed on for centuries to ward off unknowable and invisible disease.
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2015
• The drug hydroxychloroquine, touted by President Donald Trump and his allies as a treatment and preventative for the pandemic disease Covid-19, does not keep people from getting sick.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 3 June 2020
• Petroleum jelly is also a great preventative for dye stains.
  — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2021
• Rudolph Tanzi, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, hopes to find an amyloid-targeting treatment that can be used as a preventative before any symptoms appear, much like statins are used to reduce the risk of heart disease.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
• The star's esthetician, Mariana Vergara, described the skin-tightening procedure as preventative.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 5 Dec. 2020
• And early trials in nursing homes have hinted that monoclonal-antibody treatments can be administered as a preventative to keep coronavirus infections at bay—a sort of temporary pseudo-vaccine.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2021
• Placing emphasis on a preventative — as opposed to reactive — approach may not be widely understood outside of the security team, especially if a big, bad security incident has not taken place.
  — Pieter Danhieux, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
• The best preventative to keep weed seeds from sprouting in the garden and around trees and shrubs is to keep the soil covered with a layer of mulch.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2021
• The fight to find a cure or preventative for cancer has been ongoing for decades.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Aug. 2022
• These should be sprayed each year as a preventative in late October and again 30 days later.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Mar. 2021
• Ferrets can also get heartworms and need to be on a monthly preventative for life.
  — Traci Howerton, NOLA.com, 27 Jan. 2021
• The broader focus of criminal justice was on the punitive, not the preventative.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022
• Though it is touted as a potential preventative and/or cure for dementia, there is no conclusive evidence to these ends, as the NIH notes.
  — Jes Skolnik, Allure, 23 Sep. 2021
• Hygiene measures, like hand washing and staying home when sick, can go a long way as a preventative, as does getting vaccinated.
  — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
• Each animal receives a first round of vaccinations, a flea/tick preventative, dewormer and a microchip registered to the new adopter.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 4 Feb. 2023
• For owners that want to try out an oral preventative, Dr. Brausa recommends Comfortis.
  — Laura Hanrahan, Woman's Day, 11 May 2022
• As those numbers increase, so, too, will the public’s desire for an effective preventative.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2021
• Abracadabra is ancient medicine, the people's preventative passed on for centuries to ward off unknowable and invisible disease.
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2015
• The drug hydroxychloroquine, touted by President Donald Trump and his allies as a treatment and preventative for the pandemic disease Covid-19, does not keep people from getting sick.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 3 June 2020
• Petroleum jelly is also a great preventative for dye stains.
  — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 5 May 2024