Examples of prevention in a Sentence
Exercise and diet play a role in the prevention of heart disease.
good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots
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Today, her work continues to shape policies and interventions that center prevention as much as treatment.
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Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 19 Feb. 2025
Although most of the settlement agreements come with national guidelines explaining the money should be spent on treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts, there is little oversight and the guidelines are open to interpretation.
—Aneri Pattani, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
However, the loss prevention head said, in the meeting Stewart mostly tried to focus on the trespassing versus his officer’s behavior.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2025
Firefighters were spared from the cuts, but other employees who worked in wildfire prevention and forest management were fired.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2025
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Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 19 Feb. 2025
Although most of the settlement agreements come with national guidelines explaining the money should be spent on treatment, recovery, and prevention efforts, there is little oversight and the guidelines are open to interpretation.
—Aneri Pattani, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
However, the loss prevention head said, in the meeting Stewart mostly tried to focus on the trespassing versus his officer’s behavior.
—Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 18 Feb. 2025
Firefighters were spared from the cuts, but other employees who worked in wildfire prevention and forest management were fired.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevention. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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prevention
noun
pre·ven·tion
pri-ˈven-chən 
: the act or practice of preventing something
the prevention of fires
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