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Meanings of precaution in English
Usage of precaution in English
1
Fifteen people, including police officers, were taken to hospital as a precaution.
2
He said as a precaution it was being removed from the market.
3
Hundreds of residents and office workers left the buildings as a precaution.
4
The system was a necessary precaution, the senior leaders of CG felt.
5
The United States says it takes every precaution to avoid civilian casualties.
6
Every precaution was taken: one time codes, shielded nodes, remote cutoff routing.
7
Police acting area commander Zane Hooper said the notice was a precaution.
8
Just one more precaution or attempt to avoid attracting any unnecessary attention.
9
Charlene Palmer had taken every precaution to make sure she wasn't followed.
10
When we heard that, we sent our receptionist home as a precaution.
11
Still, the municipality asked residents to open bomb shelters as a precaution.
12
Authorities said they placed the Capitol on a lockdown as a precaution.
13
She told the Northern Echo: Caroline took every precaution under the sun.
14
I had taken the precaution to leave the wicket-gate on the latch.
15
No, he took the precaution of having a basin ready, in case.
16
A Garda statement said he had then been hospitalised as a precaution.
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New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
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