prevention
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The family’s companies have settled many accusations of environmental violations by agreeing to pay fines and invest in better pollution prevention without admitting or denying culpability.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
"It's been encouraging to see the survival rates for breast cancer improve over recent decades, and we'd love to see the same gains in prevention."
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
The White House said Trump’s numbers are consistent with expected therapeutic outcomes and established cardiovascular prevention goals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
At the same time, the governor’s latest budget proposal puts the state on track to allocate the majority of the climate bond’s $1.5 billion in wildfire prevention money within just three years.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
Of course fire prevention was the last thing the Herdmans knew anything about—except to be against it, I guess—so you had to hope the reporter wouldn’t pick one of them to interview.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Vocabulary lists containing prevention
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: pre-
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