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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Low scores for bacteria in the water and flood prevention, a high score for beach access.
    — Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Michael Steinbach is head of financial crimes and fraud prevention at Citi.
    — Michael Steinbach, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • But the two advocates found lessons in defeat and vowed that day to double down on gun violence prevention.
    — Will Simon, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • As with any problem, a focus on causes leads to prevention—and goes far beyond just coping.
    — Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter, Quartz, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Some of the rare grant-giving initiatives that focus on prevention don’t last long either.
    — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 23 May 2023
  • San Francisco was among the cities that did receive state retail theft prevention grant money a year ago.
    — Jovi Dai, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The clip’s YouTube caption links to numerous suicide prevention agencies across the world.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Moore went inside the store where loss prevention personnel watched her and an unknown man shoplift items for about an hour, according to the report.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 3 June 2023
  • Talk to your veterinarian about the best tick prevention products for your pet.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Gun violence prevention is also a human right, the right to live to your full potential.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Fowler said the cards will also have the kinds of fraud prevention features found with any debit cards, including the ability to freeze and replace them if cards are lost or stolen.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Fall prevention strategies and balance training are crucial and can help reduce the risk of fractures.
    — Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • How low to go with glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure in primary prevention of CVD.
    — Michael Greger, Fortune Well, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But the motivation for his first 26.2 mile race is personal: to advocate for gun violence prevention.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024

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