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Discover LudwigThe phrase "already prevented" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something has been stopped or avoided before a certain point in time.
Example: "The measures we implemented have already prevented any further damage to the environment."
Alternatives: "have already stopped" or "have already averted".
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He claimed the bill already prevented cherry-picking by the private sector and extended accountability.
Mario Monti, the European commissioner for competition, has already prevented several big mergers.
The fighting has already prevented aid from leaving Hodeidah, endangering 14 million starving Yemenis.
The legal limbo has already prevented her from reuniting with her family in Turkey.
The travel ban has already prevented some activists from attending the CSW, while others have decided to boycott the event.
"Federal background checks have already prevented more than 2.4 million gun sales to convicted criminals and other illegal purchasers in America.
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Several federal economies, including America, already prevent companies from exploiting the differences between states' rules.
Contraception already prevents 112 million abortions a year, by U.N. estimates.
But even so, the EU already prevents government from allowing British companies any special status when tendering for contracts.
So in an overall population, Gardasil is never going to prevent more cervical cancers than you are already preventing with a screening programme," Harper told the Guardian.
In a deal that illustrates how limited frequencies already prevent expansion, Cingular Wireless and VoiceStream Wireless said yesterday that they would share frequencies in California, New York and Nevada.
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