preventing

Example Sentences

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They praised the clinical importance of the intervention and its potential as a model for preventing type 2 diabetes.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said the company is facing chip shortages that are preventing it from meeting customer demand, especially for iPhones and increasingly for Macs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Those behind the project hope it will help to shed light not just on where hedgehogs live across the UK, but barriers preventing them from finding food and mates.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

If policymakers instead focus on strengthening insurance coverage and preventing insurers from denying or delaying access to breakthrough treatments, patients could have equitable access to the miracle drugs of today — and tomorrow.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Not surprisingly, then, preventing arbitrary searches and seizures by the police was deemed by the Founding Fathers an essential element of the U.S.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander