How to Use prevention in a Sentence

prevention

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  • 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
  • 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 | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 25 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
  • 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
  • Until this year, cows hadn’t been a focus of influenza prevention efforts.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Alcoholism has a genetic component, but with early awareness and prevention, there’s a chance to stop it.
    — Jane Hillstrom, The Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2024

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