precautionary
IPA: prɪkˈɔʃʌnɛri
noun
- (obsolete) A precaution.
adjective
- Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution.
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Examples of "precautionary" in Sentences
- PARKER: We do have what we refer to as precautionary and recommended.
- "The pilot wants to land here and make what he calls a precautionary cheek.
- This is called the precautionary principle, otherwise known as better safe than sorry.
- During the financial crisis, the IMF did develop two new lines of credit called the precautionary and flexible credit lines.
- In IMF parlance, that makes the loan "precautionary" -- meant to prevent financial fires rather than douse them once ignited.
- In IMF parlance, that makes the loan "precautionary" -- one meant to prevent financial fires rather than douse them once ignited.
- Anne Tarrant requested a police presence, which she described as a precautionary measure because of the events from the July meeting.
- An additional short-term precautionary IMF facility may be necessary as a standing facility offering liquidity available under preannounced rules.
- Bob Miller, the Kings' play-by-play announcer since 1973 and a Hockey Hall of Fame media honoree, is scheduled to undergo what he called a precautionary surgical procedure on
- But 69% of toxicologists rejected this precautionary approach to chemical regulation, and only 23% rated Europe's regulatory system, which is based on this precautionary principle, as superior to our own.
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