protecting
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- nonprotecting adjective
- protectingly adverb
- protectingness noun
- unprotecting adjective
Etymology
Origin of protecting
Example Sentences
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He said there was a "common trade-off between protecting people from harmful content and engagement".
From BBC
Big tech companies have had a complicated relationship with explicit content, trying to balance the libertarian ethos of Silicon Valley with the demands of advertising-supported businesses and the imperative of protecting minors online.
“But lots of time regulations are there for a reason. It’s when private companies aren’t necessarily doing a good enough job protecting the safety or the rights of all people within a society.”
From Los Angeles Times
The trust said this would create habitat for wildlife as well as support the working farm by creating firebreaks and protecting soil from erosion.
From BBC
Instead of protecting cells, the heightened repair activity can harm neurons and destabilize the genome, which may increase the risk of cancer.
From Science Daily
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