precaution
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This precaution against reducing the water temperature is absent from ISO 3103—conspicuously so, in the eyes of some tea aficionados, and particularly Irish ones.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026
Their proposed detection method is intended as a precaution, not a response to an existing biological threat.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Dutch cybersecurity agency went offline as a precaution, and Finland's government shut down its public web services.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Belgium’s foreign ministry temporarily took its websites offline as a precaution, it said on X, although the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium had recorded no attacks on Belgian sites.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
A few took the precaution of zipping into rubber suits before wiggling in, but most just wore street clothes.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Officials urged residents of flood-prone areas “to take precautions now,” including moving cars to higher ground and protecting property with sandbags.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Even when people can recognize where hurricane watches are in effect, they may not feel more at risk or become more inclined to take precautions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
The family had already taken precautions to protect Magnolia from infection.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Yet Americans are approaching that election with increasingly different assessments of the institutions charged with protecting them, even as their own precautions suggest a broadly shared sense of vulnerability.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
These were sensible precautions, but the truth is that Groves had more than safety on his mind.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing precaution
Power Prefix: pre-
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