as in to avert
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 prevent
The combination of unsaturated fats and soluble and insoluble fiber can help prevent spikes in your blood sugar and reduce insulin resistance.15
Different nuts provide different amounts of nutrients per serving.
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Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 13 Mar. 2025
Buried inside the text of that rule was legislative language that prevents Democrats from forcing a potentially politically painful vote to end Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Tickets for the shows are hard to come by as the band is using a face-value ticket exchange to prevent scalpers from gouging fans on the secondary market.
—Ethan Millman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Education is among the most powerful tools to prevent history from repeating.
—Aya Shechter, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 13 Mar. 2025
Buried inside the text of that rule was legislative language that prevents Democrats from forcing a potentially politically painful vote to end Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
Tickets for the shows are hard to come by as the band is using a face-value ticket exchange to prevent scalpers from gouging fans on the secondary market.
—Ethan Millman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
Education is among the most powerful tools to prevent history from repeating.
—Aya Shechter, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevent
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On Saturday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A government shutdown has been averted.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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That would-be crisis was averted, but the scare added to a history of flooding disasters that have plagued those communities.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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This significance is also not lost on Mejia, who shared that the transplant identities of many of the business owners in West Adams precluded her from feeling connected to them.—
Karla Marie Sanford,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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Due to a lack of oxygen in the thinning atmosphere, the fuel leak did not preclude the satellites from reaching orbit.—
Ryan Whitwam,
Ars Technica,
10 Mar. 2025
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Our Trust and Safety Resource Center offers additional guidance on recognizing and avoiding phishing attempts.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Now the two sides are scrambling to resolve the funding gap and save the project to avoid returning more than $24.6 million in state dollars received through the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Homekey program.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Prevent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevent. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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