preventable

Example Sentences

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“The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a preventable tragedy of enormous consequence,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

High blood pressure remains one of the biggest preventable contributors to heart disease.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

Carranza has made jail reform one of her top campaign focuses, promising to reduce violence and lower the risk of lawsuits and what she says are preventable inmate deaths.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Pearson added that a "simple solution such as an exclusion zone" should be implemented if a falling object is not preventable.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

In addition to being paranoid, confused, and intermittently tech-nophobic, defectors tend to suffer from preventable diseases and conditions that are all but nonexistent in South Korea.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden