deterrent
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Operations director, Bethany Patrick, believes it acts as a deterrent, showing providers they are being closely watched and expected to meet high standards.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The challenges, however, were not a deterrent for his vision of expanding the liberty cities model.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
However, it also wants to send "a continuous signal that it possesses a fundamentally different deterrent posture from Iran's".
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
"There is need for a stiff deterrent sentence," Judge Gichobi said, noting the "rising cases of dealing in large quantities of garden ants and the negative ecological side effects".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Assume for a moment that the death penalty Is a deterrent.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Vocabulary lists containing deterrent
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