preventive
adjective
of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
preventative
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a variation of
preventive.
Example Sentences
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“I think about personal-finance education as preventative medicine,” said Montana State University economics professor Carly Urban, who co-authored the report with J. Michael Collins.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
He vowed the government would take a "public health preventative approach" to tackle violence against women and push for stronger regulations of social media sites.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
As another, he said the new rules could penalize immigrant families for accessing basic, preventative healthcare that actually helps control the broader public cost of illness to localities and states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Dognosis says it aims to improve "proactive and preventative medicine" while boosting "human-canine communication".
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Maya suspected that they were doing a lot of preventative work to make sure that they hadn’t monumentally screwed her up.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
