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- noun Plural form of
preventive .
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Examples
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The daily "preventives" available for chronic daily headache (which I have) are inadequate, typically with lots of side effects and low effectiveness rates.
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With the use of "preventives" and other devices, which degrade into a mere means of carnal satisfaction an act which is meant to bear a deeply spiritual and religious meaning, the Christian interpretation of marriage seems plainly and obviously incompatible.
Religious Reality 1922
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"preventives," Christian morality is violently opposed.
Religious Reality 1922
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This is interesting, considering how many advertising dollars are spent by manufacturers of potentially toxic flea and tick preventives.
Dr. Karen Becker: Human Diseases Are Making Pets Sick Dr. Karen Becker 2011
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Properly fitting garbage cans and regular refuse pickup are essential rat preventives.
Dr. Gary Ginsberg: Why 10,000 Toddlers Are Poisoned Each Year From Rat Poison Dr. Gary Ginsberg 2010
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Properly fitting garbage cans and regular refuse pickup are essential rat preventives.
Dr. Gary Ginsberg: Why 10,000 Toddlers Are Poisoned Each Year From Rat Poison Dr. Gary Ginsberg 2010
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The blowout preventives on other company deep-water wells would be inspected, tested, strengthened.
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Properly fitting garbage cans and regular refuse pickup are essential rat preventives.
Dr. Gary Ginsberg: Why 10,000 Toddlers Are Poisoned Each Year From Rat Poison Dr. Gary Ginsberg 2010
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The blowout preventives on other company deep-water wells would be inspected, tested, strengthened.
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But the drugs have not found wide acceptance so far as cancer preventives.
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