as in safeguard
a measure taken to preclude loss or injury
as parents of young children, they have taken the usual precaution of locking up their household cleansers
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Recent Examples of precaution
Connor McDavid will sit out Monday’s game against the Kings as a precaution.
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Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The child was unharmed, but taken to Methodist Hospital Northlake as a precaution and the Department of Child Services was notified.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
In Georgia, tegus can be trapped or killed on private property with the landowner’s permission and using legal methods under local ordinances, animal cruelty laws, and safety precautions.
—Cheryl McCloud, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Here are various uses for kitty litter, safety precautions to consider, and tips for deciding when to use kitty litter over other options.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
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Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The child was unharmed, but taken to Methodist Hospital Northlake as a precaution and the Department of Child Services was notified.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
In Georgia, tegus can be trapped or killed on private property with the landowner’s permission and using legal methods under local ordinances, animal cruelty laws, and safety precautions.
—Cheryl McCloud, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
Here are various uses for kitty litter, safety precautions to consider, and tips for deciding when to use kitty litter over other options.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precaution
Noun
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Stay calm, keep your hands where officers can see them, and consider filming the interaction as unobtrusively as possible as a safeguard.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025
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However, the reality is that the institutional DeFi opportunity is already stimulating innovation and industry development towards the kind of safeguards that institutions would demand.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Padlocks, sickles and other objects made of iron, a metal said to possess anti-demonic powers, were stashed in the grave as preventives.—
Franz Lidz,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2023
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But although human vaccines function primarily as preventives, offering immunity to animals such as black-footed ferrets can be a conservation strategy of last resort.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2023
Noun
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The Trump administration can't immediately revoke the deportation protections and work permits of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the U.S. legally under a Biden-era program, a federal judge ruled Monday.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The federal government has moved to strip hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans from lawfully obtained deportation protections and work permits.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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Larson led 411 of 500 laps during a race that had just one natural caution.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Apr. 2025
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Our only word of caution: Those memories and videos live on.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Precaution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precaution. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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