Thesaurus results for PRECAUTIONS

precautions

noun

plural of precaution

as in safeguards

a measure taken to preclude loss or injury as parents of young children, they have taken the usual precaution of locking up their household cleansers

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Recent Examples of precautions Louisiana health officials are urging Gulf Coast beachgoers to take precautions amid a surge in infections caused by a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 Instead, visitors should take extra precautions like locking vehicles, keeping valuables out of sight and avoiding leaving belongings unattended. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Failing to take the proper precautions will result in severe eye injury, according to NASA. — Raf Sanchez, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2026 However, people should still take precautions when heading into open water, such as avoiding swimming with open wounds. — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 And if you’re immunocompromised or don’t have a spleen, ask your doctor what precautions make sense. — Angela Haupt, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 Louisiana health officials warned residents to take precautions to prevent infections because the bacterium's presence increases as coastal waters get warmer. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 Louisiana health officials on Thursday urged residents to take precautions following an uptick in severe cases of a type of dangerous flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 Health officials are warning beachgoers to take extra precautions before heading into the water. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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safeguards

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The new safeguards include requiring law enforcement to label every search with a with a criminal case number, and instituting an automatic review for abnormal search activities, which will trigger proactive lockouts for those users.

— Soo Youn, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Other residents still fear these changes will push the community out if the city does not adopt additional safeguards.

— Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

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