prevent
Example Sentences
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Polygonum multiflorum may help prevent follicle cells from dying too early, which is important because healthy follicles depend on active, living cells to maintain the hair growth cycle.
From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026
Officials’ efforts to use sprinklers to cool the tank as it was heating up were seen as vital to help prevent an explosion, experts and authorities have said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
“I am generally supportive of the concept of embryo editing to prevent genetic disease,” said Dr. Paula Amato, a fertility expert at Oregon Health & Science University who wasn’t involved in the research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
This will prevent millions of people from purchasing SpaceX stock via their index-fund contributions, denying Musk a huge pipeline of buyers to push up the price.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
I’d gotten Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as the simulation for my final and spotted the Butterfly trying to prevent King from making it to the Lincoln Memorial.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing prevent
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