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
State of play: McDonald's decision to pull the Quarter Pounders from menus in several states associated with the outbreak as a precaution affected one-fifth of its restaurants.
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Although Taylor Farms has not detected E. coli in its onions, the company has decided to halt distribution as a precaution.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
Be sure to follow all safety precautions on the package.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
The death of Prudhomme also prompted a call for enhanced safety precautions that would alleviate stress for employees.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
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Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
Although Taylor Farms has not detected E. coli in its onions, the company has decided to halt distribution as a precaution.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
Be sure to follow all safety precautions on the package.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
The death of Prudhomme also prompted a call for enhanced safety precautions that would alleviate stress for employees.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for precaution
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precaution
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At their best, these leaders make up an idealistic safeguard against the rampant disinformation, foreign interference, and just base political nihilism that is clogging the conversations about whether the vote tallies this week can be trusted.Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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With these standards, companies must implement safeguards against phishing, data exfiltration, and other methods hackers commonly use.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 4 Nov. 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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Four years ago, the Sharks had Brent Burns, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture, Kevin Labanc, Evander Kane, Erik Karlsson, Martin Jones, and Timo Meier on long-term contracts, most with at least some trade protection in a flat-cap world.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting related to the protection of funds permitted for withdrawal from the Trust Account and compliance with the investment management trust agreement.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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In an abundance of caution to prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease, 12 states prohibit the use of natural deer urine and permit only synthetic scents.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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None of the state's tabulation centers are in the scope of the power shut-offs, though PG&E also has provided backup generators there as well out of an abundance of caution.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Precaution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precaution. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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