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[pri-vent] / prɪˈvɛnt /


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Moderna’s share price popped in August on positive news about its therapeutic cancer vaccine to prevent melanoma from recurring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In the post, Wouter was pictured wearing a dog cone, which is used to prevent pets from licking, chewing or scratching surgical sites or wounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Even though the scammers are always coming up with new ways to trick people, there is an easy step you can take to help prevent your loved ones from being victims.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Surely there are laws to prevent this kind of thing?

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

On a normal day, those shields prevent radiation from reaching workers and any other people nearby.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

The First Amendment prevents government censorship, but one reason there are social penalties, including criticism, shunning and firing for hateful rhetoric, is that it is not, in fact, harmless.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

“There is no evidence that any multi-cancer detection testing prevents cancer, consistently detects it at an earlier stage, or reduces cancer-associated mortality,” two researchers wrote in the Lancet this week.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Reports online suggest the company's agreement with Capcom prevents Constantin from setting its films in the same timeline as the games.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Instead, the justices left in place a judge’s order that prevents the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The fact that confinement prevents one from observing an isolated quark or gluon might seem to make the whole notion of quarks and gluons as particles somewhat metaphysical.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

They welcome the announcement since the continuing legal case may have prevented some investors taking a position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Nvidia, however, has said Chinese restrictions have prevented it from selling all the chips covered by those licenses.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Pantoja said Van is a top-tier fighter, but he believes the injury prevented both of them from showing everything they were capable of.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

It is unclear what exactly a ban would entail, and whether employees of those outlets would be prevented from entering the White House grounds.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The Women's Super League in England has just completed two seasons of successful trials and the rule preventing drinking in the stands has now been removed by the league's governing company, WSL Football.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Antonia also notes an appetite for more strength training workouts among younger clients, adding: "I think people are now realising the importance of it - we're preventing osteoporosis and things like that."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

But a new study published in Science suggests that preventing disturbances within existing forests, including selective logging and wildfires, can sometimes deliver the greatest benefits for the money spent.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

More automakers are preventing their dealers from publicly competing on price—in the name of consumer transparency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

“No, I—I don’t—” The surrealness of being made to feel unworthy by a prison inmate set in, preventing Dill from finishing his thought.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner




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