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as in averted
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
a lot of problems would have been prevented if we'd just prepared better
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Recent Examples of prevented
Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
The vast majority of diabetes cases can be entirely prevented.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Flights were prevented from taking off after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Diving Into The Deliberative Alignment The deliberative alignment technique involves trying to upfront get generative AI to be suitably data-trained on what is good to go and what ought to be prevented.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The ruling means that the preliminary nationwide injunction—which prevented the government from requiring companies to file beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports—is no longer in force.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
While a right elbow injury and subsequent surgery in September 2023 prevented him from pitching last season, Ohtani won his third MVP award, and first in the National League, as the Dodgers’ designated hitter.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
But Israeli strikes against Hezbollah personnel and infrastructure over the last year wiped out leadership and prevented the group from offering Assad any further military or logistical support.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
The death penalty was stopped in Indiana after Wrinkles died in 2009 because of a lawsuit and other complications that prevented officials from obtaining the mixture of drugs used in its lethal injection protocol.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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When visa delays prevented his family from visiting him in Miami in 2023, Gomez dealt with the solitude that can consume an international player in a foreign league.
—Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
The vast majority of diabetes cases can be entirely prevented.
—Omer Awan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Flights were prevented from taking off after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Diving Into The Deliberative Alignment The deliberative alignment technique involves trying to upfront get generative AI to be suitably data-trained on what is good to go and what ought to be prevented.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The ruling means that the preliminary nationwide injunction—which prevented the government from requiring companies to file beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports—is no longer in force.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
While a right elbow injury and subsequent surgery in September 2023 prevented him from pitching last season, Ohtani won his third MVP award, and first in the National League, as the Dodgers’ designated hitter.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
But Israeli strikes against Hezbollah personnel and infrastructure over the last year wiped out leadership and prevented the group from offering Assad any further military or logistical support.
—Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
The death penalty was stopped in Indiana after Wrinkles died in 2009 because of a lawsuit and other complications that prevented officials from obtaining the mixture of drugs used in its lethal injection protocol.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Prevented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevented. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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