as in avoidance
the act or practice of keeping something from happening
good crowd control is crucial to the prevention of riots
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Recent Examples of prevention
Vaccines lower the risk of getting shingles in the first place, making prevention the most effective strategy — particularly for adults over 50 and people with weakened immune systems.
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Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Likewise, spine strength can be a predictor of injury prevention or mitigation in tennis players, Jayanthi said.
—James Ellingworth, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Kansas City is working on at least one prevention project to address chronic flooding.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.
—Eric J. Nestler, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
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Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Likewise, spine strength can be a predictor of injury prevention or mitigation in tennis players, Jayanthi said.
—James Ellingworth, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, Kansas City is working on at least one prevention project to address chronic flooding.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Personalized treatments could help the field move beyond symptom suppression and toward functional remission, optimizing the probability of therapeutic success and eventually evolving into improved prevention.
—Eric J. Nestler, STAT, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevention
Noun
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Rather than give in to triskaidekaphobia (the fear or avoidance of 13), the crew is embracing it, or at least their connection to the last US launch to be similarly numbered.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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What that survey obscures, however, is the cost of avoidance.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The prop bet prohibition was removed, in part, because of the fiscal impact, Ball said.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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But as Mackintosh persuasively illustrates, the familiar emotions of jealousy, infatuation and eventually indifference — these persist and can flourish in any relationship, however free of prohibition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Prevention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevention. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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