How to Use prevention in a Sentence

prevention

noun

• Exercise and diet play a role in the prevention of heart disease.
• The best prevention is to park in a garage and make sure the garage is squirrel-tight.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• Still, an ounce of prevention, as the saying goes, beats a trip to the emergency room.
  — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• The man, 22, of South Euclid, fled the store before loss prevention could detain him.
  — cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
• In March, more than two-thirds of voters agreed to raise the city’s sales tax by .5% to fund wildfire prevention measures.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
• Low scores for bacteria in the water and flood prevention, a high score for beach access.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
• On many of the stops, Wu, on guitar, and his wife, on keys, play their own renditions of pop songs with new lyrics about myopia prevention.
  — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
• Their in-depth guidance on suicide prevention can be found here.
  — Christopher Dawson, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
• Such treatments were commonly known, but by and large, prevention was not a thing.
  — Dr. Sharon Malone, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
• Keep every inch of your shower squeaky clean with this mold removal and prevention guide.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024
• The class will provide scam prevention tips and will discuss common scams.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024
• Our Select team spoke to experts about how ingrown hairs happen, how to get rid of them and the best products for prevention.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 28 Aug. 2023
• This is the sixth year that the suicide prevention nonprofit the Trevor Project, has conducted this type of survey.
  — Tyler Santora, Parents, 1 May 2024
• As with everything, prevention is better than cure, and there are a number of ways to avoid stripping a screw.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
• Michael Steinbach is head of financial crimes and fraud prevention at Citi.
  — Michael Steinbach, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Pandemic prevention emerged in the first decade of this century and has stayed there ever since.
  — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
• But it shouldn’t be viewed as a prevention or treatment strategy.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 2 May 2024
• Some of the rare grant-giving initiatives that focus on prevention don’t last long either.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 23 May 2023
• San Francisco was among the cities that did receive state retail theft prevention grant money a year ago.
  — Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
• The clip’s YouTube caption links to numerous suicide prevention agencies across the world.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2023
• Moore went inside the store where loss prevention personnel watched her and an unknown man shoplift items for about an hour, according to the report.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 3 June 2023
• Talk to your veterinarian about the best tick prevention products for your pet.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
• Fowler said the cards will also have the kinds of fraud prevention features found with any debit cards, including the ability to freeze and replace them if cards are lost or stolen.
  — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
• How low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure in primary prevention of CVD.
  — Michael Greger, Fortune Well, 5 Dec. 2023
• For pets, talk to your veterinarian for the best tick prevention products.
  — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• Chafing prevention products were on the market, but mostly for cyclists and not aimed at women.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2024
• The only effective way to combat NEC is through prevention.
  — Jennifer Canvasser, STAT, 9 Nov. 2023
• Some knee braces may even assist in injury prevention, which is why our experts narrowed down the best ones available online.
  — Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2023
• The answer became clear in 2020 when the property remained closed even as Baha Mar itself reopened with a world-class Covid prevention and mitigation program.
  — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
• The agreement builds on an initial partnership from 2020 and focuses on forest restoration, wildfire prevention and land management.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024