precautionary

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"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

Upcoming physics papers have been replaced as a "precautionary step", but students' results dates remain unchanged, the exam board said, meaning grades will be issued on time and in line with university offer deadlines.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Kurtz said the evacuations were a precautionary measure, “so if anything bad were to happen, we’re dealing with property damage and not life safety.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 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