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
• There is not yet a price set for the drug when used for HIV prevention.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
• The review was focused on the ship’s fire prevention, readiness and response to the fire, the Navy said.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Tremendous progress in suicide prevention and mental health has been made in the U.S. in 2022.
  — Brandon Kapelow, Time, 13 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
  — Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
• Hope Squad is a peer-to-peer suicide prevention program used at schools across the nation.
  — The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2022
• Pregnancy prevention tools have always been next in the line of fire.
  — Charlotte Shane, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
• Low scores for bacteria in the water and flood prevention, a high score for beach access.
  — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
• Most of that money did not go to smoking treatment and prevention.
  — al, 26 Oct. 2022
• Swanson said he was intrigued by talk of the Cubs pitching lab, their interest in run prevention and the prospects on tap.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
• 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
• The Light the Night event will include workshops on suicide prevention and creative ways to manage stress.
  — Daily Southtown Staff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
• 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
• To fight that, the White House announced $1.5 billion in grants to states and tribal lands to fund treatment and overdose prevention programs.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 25 Sep. 2022
• Over the last two decades, health programs supported by the fund have helped save 50 million lives through prevention and treatment.
  — Mark Suzman For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
• Michael Steinbach is head of financial crimes and fraud prevention at Citi.
  — Michael Steinbach, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
• Having the courage to hope -- and then acting on that hope -- has been key to both my recovery and my work in gun violence prevention.
  — CNN, 20 Nov. 2022
• The company only spent $8.6 million, or less than 1% of the fees, received on fraud prevention.
  — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
• Until this year, cows hadn’t been a focus of influenza prevention efforts.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
• Six California lawmakers voted against wildfire prevention funding ahead of several wildfires in the state which have killed at least 24 people.
  — John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 30 Jan 2025