as in safeguard
a measure taken to preclude loss or injury
as parents of young children, they have taken the usual precaution of locking up their household cleansers
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Recent Examples of precaution
Packers quarterback Jordan Love was also held out as a precaution, according to head coach Matt LaFleur, after hurting his elbow during the game against the Bears.
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
The risks should prompt Americans to reconsider travel and take extra precautions on the road, according to the National Weather Service.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Zoom out: In neighboring Oregon, health officials are urging precautions after two children died from the flu last month.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
It also was spurred by a recommendation from the Illinois Department of Public Health in December for health care systems to take additional precautions to mitigate transmission, according to Endeavor.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
The risks should prompt Americans to reconsider travel and take extra precautions on the road, according to the National Weather Service.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Zoom out: In neighboring Oregon, health officials are urging precautions after two children died from the flu last month.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
It also was spurred by a recommendation from the Illinois Department of Public Health in December for health care systems to take additional precautions to mitigate transmission, according to Endeavor.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precaution
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New safeguards against artificial intelligence deepfakes.Kate Selig, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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For CIOs, this means pushing beyond performance metrics to include trust-building measures like model explainability, bias monitoring and data privacy safeguards.Shahar Chen, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Indeed, failure to do so proved disastrous for some early human trials of preventives.David J. Waters, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
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Padlocks, sickles and other objects made of iron, a metal said to possess anti-demonic powers, were stashed in the grave as preventives.Franz Lidz, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
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In 1967, the secretary of the interior classified the Eastern timber wolf in the Lower 48 as endangered, and in 1973, it was afforded full protection under the Endangered Species Act.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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Trump also signed a presidential memorandum aimed at skirting California’s environmental protections to funnel water toward the state’s farmers, which produce roughly 40% of the nation’s agricultural products.Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025
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Small craft should also exercise caution in Atlantic waters.Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
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The big new corporate bet: Bitcoin Corporate treasury departments are usually bastions of caution, preferring to invest their companies’ money in stable assets like Treasury bonds.Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Precaution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precaution. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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