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prevention

[pri-ven-shuhn] / prɪˈvɛn ʃən /


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Disney’s data privacy policy notes that the numerical values created by the technology are deleted within 30 days unless they need to be kept for legal or fraud prevention purposes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

The research team plans to continue investigating the biological mechanisms involved and to develop better tools for prevention.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

If these deaths follow a pattern, then prevention does too.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

That isn’t consumer protection or theft prevention, that’s extortion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

There is already talk of a breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of human disease.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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