precautionary

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Another young passenger in the back seat was hospitalized for a precautionary evaluation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

"With today's operations, they wanted to be extra safe, extra precautionary, and have the crew move into the safe haven posture," the spokesperson said.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Many have gone so far as to apply the precautionary principle here too: the burgeoning field of AI welfare is devoted to figuring out if and when we must care about machines.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

The World Health Organization recommended people with high-risk exposure undergo quarantine at home or in a facility for 42 days “as a precautionary measure” because of the long incubation period of this virus.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Fearful that such measures might not be sufficient to protect their interests, the planter class took an additional precautionary step, a step that would later come to be known as a “racial bribe.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander