deterrent

The deterrent effect of such a decision on future senior government officials tasked with doing wrong would be immensely desirable.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026

But Joshua Wesneski, an attorney for Watanabe, said the prospect of being sued for wrongdoing “has a powerful deterrent effect.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Supporters of the centres say they would act as a deterrent for would-be irregular migrants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

California’s allocation of Colorado River water is 4.4 million acre-feet—a significant deterrent to developing desalination plants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Not only did all those police act as a deterrent, but they also provided the manpower to imprison criminals who might have otherwise gone uncaught.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Sticker shock remains the one of the biggest deterrents for prospective liberal arts applicants, said Weingarten, at One-Stop College Counseling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Some have proposed reimbursing fishers or using acoustic deterrents instead of mass slaughter.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

He suggested the low prosecution rate "encourages polluting by not having successful deterrents".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

“And the durability of this truce depends less on the warmth of the words exchanged by the two leaders than on the credibility of the deterrents they can wield against each other.”

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

The pervasive emptiness and stultifying summer heat were only minor deterrents when compared with the more elemental consideration that all the banking and commercial institutions were based elsewhere, chiefly in Philadelphia and New York.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis