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Forestalling motherhood, particularly through the teenage years, has many benefits: Women are more likely to finish high school, continue on to post-secondary education and earn above their peers who have children during these formative years.

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2015

Forestalling such confusion—and thus making sure that the internet remains a universal network—is ICANN’s main job.

From Economist • Dec. 2, 2010

Forestalling a certain suspension by Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, Gooden elected immediate treatment and a disabled status that could extend for months.

From Time Magazine Archive

I cannot allow of his Forestalling the Market; and besides, I take his Example to be preferable to his Precept.

From An Essay on Criticism by Oldmixon, John

Forestalling expulsion, the young man enlisted in a German regiment, in which he was known as "Teufel Piet."

From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)