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preventive

[pri-ven-tiv] / prɪˈvɛn tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
deterrent
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“Nothing’s conclusive until it’s randomized,” said Ben Hirsh, director of preventive cardiology at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

So, one of the most important aims of our project is to implement a preventive conservation and risk management program that safeguards these monuments for future generations.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

"Their own reports repeatedly highlighted it. But they did not take any preventive steps, did not demand stringent checks and balances, nor were they prepared for a calamity they knew could occur," he says.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Yet to launch a preventive strike in 2007, the Israelis had to overcome the opposition of the George W. Bush State Department.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Wishbone is a little dog with big pretensions. preventive.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

She packs a special bag for Pepper, which includes food, water bowls, regular medications, flea and tick preventives, a litter bag, leash, collar, bedding and grooming supplies.

From Seattle Times Sep. 4, 2023

It will also include clinical trials of treatments and preventives, which it hopes to launch by fall.

From Science Magazine Jun. 9, 2022

That’s different from the way we typically experience vaccines: as preventives for diseases that feel controlled or even obsolete.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2021

Websites touting miracle cures and preventives – herbs, teas, essential oils, tinctures and colloidal silver – are prevalent.

From The Guardian Mar. 31, 2020

Ordinary citizens also offered advice and preventives through the town’s newspapers.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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