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The agency preventively closed an extensive swath of airspace extending 1,600 nautical miles from the launch site, across the Gulf of Mexico and through part of the Caribbean.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026

They also plan to explore what happens when the treatment is given after noise exposure, versus given preventively.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

"While these results are essential for targeted therapy in a population at risk for osteoarthritis, even the general public can benefit from our results to preventively incorporate appropriate strengthening exercises," Dr. Upadhyay Bharadwaj said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2023

There is an approved and effective vaccine that can be used preventively or after exposure, although it remains in short supply.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2022

It is not enough to have eliminated preventively the hypothesis of factors, because the narrator constantly finds himself in the presence of things which seem incongruous, independent, and self-directing.

From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Labriola, Antonio