Synonym: bar. Similar words: invention, convention, conventional, intervention, revelation, mention, attention, not to mention. Meaning: [prɪ'venʃn] n. the act of preventing.
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61. Even prevention is a hard sell in a political environment.
62. The connections between environmentalism and AIDS prevention are more than merely rhetorical.
63. Last month, the governor's office announced the county would get $ 10.3 million from a statewide crime prevention act.
64. Even a few dollars worth of prevention can save you thousands and keep you in business.
65. And other studies show exercise plays a major role in both prevention of weight gain and maintenance of weight loss.
66. The cancer charity expends all its funds within Northern Ireland to support research, prevention, care and rehabilitation services.
67. A lax attitude to accident prevention can not be justified by the perennial excuses of financial hardships and pressure from high work-loads.
68. The researchers also will develop user-friendly databases on tobacco prevention and demographics for others to share.
69. But Stevens said the goal should be set higher to give officers more time for crime prevention.
70. But some speakers emphasised the importance of crime prevention, community liaison and education.
71. The Addiction Research Centre's programme of work concentrates on issues of prevention and policy in relation to alcohol and tobacco.
72. The second approach to prevention is the implementation of educational programmes aimed at modifying the attitudes of young people to attempted suicide.
73. This decline - like that of most infectious diseases - took place despite the absence of any generally available cure or prevention.
74. For those afflicted by headache, many alternative therapy options are available which focus more on prevention rather than treatment.
75. After all our lectures, they still don't think accident prevention applies to them.
76. Such researchers often come up with very different conclusions from those of the new prevention thinkers.
77. In this day and age almost all of the most positive and far-reaching developments in pollution prevention originate in industry.
78. Researchers concluded that the front line of HIV prevention had shifted to smaller cities.
79. Secondary prevention attempts to curtail the spread of the disease and interrupt its course.
80. The prevention of stress and anxiety has already been discussed in Chapter 3.
81. The tobacco tax is earmarked by an initiative for health and prevention programs.
82. The flip side is also true: if budgets showed the cross-departmental impact, governments might invest more in prevention.
83. Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with hypercholesterolaemia.
84. The Mazda 323 1.6i fastback is to be used mainly by crime prevention officers for visiting schools and exhibitions.
85. Greater participation by private industry in prevention and treatment programs.
86. Our first and subsequent courses have been a success and are part of a long-term commitment to AIDS prevention.
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87. A high proportion of nursing actions on a surgical ward are directed towards the prevention of problems.
88. Prevention is better than cure, and you should use a lot of deep stances during your basic training.
89. You can use the Alexander Technique as a preventative measure: after all, prevention is better than cure.
90. The environmental policy has progressed from its initial remedial approach to one of prevention and anticipation.
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