as in stopped
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as in averted
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
a lot of problems would have been prevented if we'd just prepared better
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Recent Examples of prevented
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Fable 5 included guardrails that prevented the AI system from assisting with a wide range of cybersecurity- and biology-related tasks.
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
Unlike current single-antibody therapies, this combination effectively prevented RSV from developing resistance, even after 20 exposures.
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William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Since then, the coalition obtained a series of nationwide preliminary injunctions that prevented the order from ever taking effect.
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Sofia Williams,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
For weeks, a GOP blockade has effectively prevented them from advancing key legislative items, including two appropriations bills this week, and would have threatened the passage of the annual defense bill.
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Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2026
But that hasn’t prevented him from scoring three goals and logging one assist in just 100 minutes of action as a substitute.
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Kellis Robinett,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
At issue in the case was whether Title IX or the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause prevented a state from forbidding transgender girls and women from playing on the athletic teams that match their gender identity.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Ezequiel Tovar went deep with one out, but Whitlock prevented further damage.
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Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2026
Verb
Guests who are, as a result, prevented from booking an entire home, are instead redirected to book private room listings and hotels on the Airbnb platform.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Fable 5 included guardrails that prevented the AI system from assisting with a wide range of cybersecurity- and biology-related tasks.
—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
Unlike current single-antibody therapies, this combination effectively prevented RSV from developing resistance, even after 20 exposures.
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William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Since then, the coalition obtained a series of nationwide preliminary injunctions that prevented the order from ever taking effect.
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Sofia Williams,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
For weeks, a GOP blockade has effectively prevented them from advancing key legislative items, including two appropriations bills this week, and would have threatened the passage of the annual defense bill.
—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2026
But that hasn’t prevented him from scoring three goals and logging one assist in just 100 minutes of action as a substitute.
—
Kellis Robinett,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
At issue in the case was whether Title IX or the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause prevented a state from forbidding transgender girls and women from playing on the athletic teams that match their gender identity.
—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Ezequiel Tovar went deep with one out, but Whitlock prevented further damage.
—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prevented
Adjective
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Three other vehicles with human drivers then appeared to illegally pass the stopped bus.
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The truck crossed into the eastbound lane and crashed into the stopped Kia, striking the three pedestrians, CHP said.
Verb
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Estimates suggest that as a result of the implementation of these mandates, more than 200,000 COVID-19 cases were averted by May 22, 2020.
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But today, overshadowed by conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, the world has averted its gaze from Sudan.
Adjective
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Over the ensuing decades—and fully informed of the substantial executive power exercised by the Commission—the Supreme Court has repeatedly and expressly left Humphrey's Executor in place, and so precluded Presidents from removing Commissioners at will.
Adjective
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General Manager Ken Holland hinted at potentially being done after trading center Phillip Danault for a draft pick in December and acquiring Panarin at a suppressed price in February, though he has been known to under-promise often and, sometimes, over-deliver.
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Supervising sound editor Alastair Sirkett told IndieWire that Peter Claffey’s big, former-rugby-player frame really helps that moment sing with suppressed panic.
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“Prevented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevented. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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