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Recent Examples of preventable
Cutting the International Affairs Budget (which includes USAID) weakens our global leadership and can leave preventable crises to become a problem later on.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
When vaccination rates fall, preventable diseases return, and the consequences fall first and hardest on the most vulnerable — infants, medically fragile children and older adults.
—Donna A. Gaffney, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
How to protect yourself and others from measles Knowing the symptoms of this vaccine-preventable disease can help reduce its chance of spreading.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
The latest findings also concluded that most child deaths were preventable and that isolation and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic were contributing factors in several suicides and drug overdoses.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
While the most significant outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease last year was in west Texas, this year’s epicenter is upstate South Carolina — which has already surpassed the total number of cases in Texas in 2025.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026
No individual clinician can directly see the benefits of vaccines because the chief benefit is that a vaccine-preventable disease or a preventable hospitalization does not happen.
—Robert M. Califf, STAT, 6 Feb. 2026
Last year was almost certainly the first year of the 21st century that preventable child mortality went up rather than down.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The vast majority of traffic deaths are preventable with changes to infrastructure and policy.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
When vaccination rates fall, preventable diseases return, and the consequences fall first and hardest on the most vulnerable — infants, medically fragile children and older adults.
—Donna A. Gaffney, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
How to protect yourself and others from measles Knowing the symptoms of this vaccine-preventable disease can help reduce its chance of spreading.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
The latest findings also concluded that most child deaths were preventable and that isolation and stress during the COVID-19 pandemic were contributing factors in several suicides and drug overdoses.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
While the most significant outbreak of the vaccine-preventable disease last year was in west Texas, this year’s epicenter is upstate South Carolina — which has already surpassed the total number of cases in Texas in 2025.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026
No individual clinician can directly see the benefits of vaccines because the chief benefit is that a vaccine-preventable disease or a preventable hospitalization does not happen.
—Robert M. Califf, STAT, 6 Feb. 2026
Last year was almost certainly the first year of the 21st century that preventable child mortality went up rather than down.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The vast majority of traffic deaths are preventable with changes to infrastructure and policy.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preventable
Adjective
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That shift expands officer discretion in ways that invite inconsistency, confusion and avoidable harm.—
Bhupinder Kaur,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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If plans keep slipping, write them down and reconfirm, because having the same words on both sides prevents avoidable stress later.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Russia has seen high-profile technology projects fall short before, and without independent demonstrations, PJN-1’s true capabilities are unclear.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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The order comes as the FBI raid has been heavily scrutinized, especially since the target of the investigation is still unclear.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Preventable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preventable. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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