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as in avoidable
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Recent Examples of preventable
This drop will increase the risk of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, mumps and whooping cough, which have reemerged in areas with declining vaccination rates.
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A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2026
Individuals experiencing homelessness lack access to basic dental care, clean water and even toothbrushes, which allows preventable conditions to worsen into emergencies.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
More than 80% of maternal deaths are considered preventable, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Drowning is fast, silent and preventable.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
Patients’ failure to take their medicine as prescribed is a major challenge that contributes to hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and billions of dollars in health care costs annually.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced major changes to its childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, an age-by-age guide for health care providers on when to vaccinate children to protect them from preventable diseases.
—Liz Regalia, Parents, 8 Jan. 2026
Even so, Whitten says most deaths are easily preventable.
—Outside, 8 Jan. 2026
All of these vaccine-preventable illnesses can lead to severe infections or death and have limited to no treatment options.
—Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preventable
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The present-day Red Sox are on the other side of that rebuild, and have no legs on which to stand in this entirely avoidable calamity of losing both Devers and Bregman.—
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Or a family with fewer resources will miss a vaccine window and their child will catch a dangerous, avoidable disease.—
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The circumstances of Villegas-Gonzalez's death remain unclear.—
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While past studies have shown that dairy products may have a protective effect against dementia, how specific dairy products affect cognitive health remains unclear.—
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“Preventable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preventable. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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