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avoidable

ADJECTIVE
preventable
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Researchers say the findings point to an urgent public health need to reconsider unrestricted access to the chemical in an effort to prevent further avoidable deaths.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

"We are witnessing an avoidable crisis that disproportionally hurts children," said Andrew Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

The internet was slower and the information more avoidable; both waiting and anticipation were part of the standard framework of living.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

The campaign, which encourages vaginal birth without any medical intervention and is backed by many midwives, has been found to have contributed to avoidable deaths and harm in other reviews.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

We will have to give up the notion that death is catastrophe, or detestable, or avoidable, or even strange.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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