- present tense form of prevent (3rd person singular).
prevents
Example Sentences
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The foreign emoluments clause prevents the president and other federal officers from accepting “Any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince, or foreign state.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
For example, Denmark, which Kennedy has held up as a model, doesn’t pay for the rotavirus vaccine, “which prevents a virus that causes vomiting, diarrhea, and severe dehydration,” Offit says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The researchers found that C3 made within tumor tissue prevents immunosuppressive myeloid cells from entering the tumor microenvironment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
It prevents, by design, the results that voters expect us to deliver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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
