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
As standard, Apple advises users to take basic precautions before sending their devices off for repair, including backing up their data in the cloud to ensure their data is safe.
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 2 Nov. 2024
Wen: There are two groups of people who need to take extra precautions.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
The Secret Service put additional precautions in place for the former president after he was targeted in an assassination attempt this summer.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
From about July 2016 to May 2018, Divers circumvented these precautions by opening bank accounts in the name of Kodiak but as the only account signatory, authorities said.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 2 Nov. 2024
Wen: There are two groups of people who need to take extra precautions.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
The Secret Service put additional precautions in place for the former president after he was targeted in an assassination attempt this summer.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
From about July 2016 to May 2018, Divers circumvented these precautions by opening bank accounts in the name of Kodiak but as the only account signatory, authorities said.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precaution
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Designing a seamless and secure digital payment process is essential to meet customer demands and safeguard transactions.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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All of them said that Neild’s description of the law and the safeguards in place against noncitizen voting were accurate.Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 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 28 Nov. 2024.
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