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Discover LudwigThe phrase "appear to prevent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that seems to stop or hinder an action or outcome, often based on observation or evidence.
Example: "The new policy appears to prevent any further delays in the project timeline."
Alternatives: "seem to stop" or "seem to hinder".
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Sports drinks don't appear to prevent hyponatremia.
The ruling does not appear to prevent letting out single rooms in your home, however.
That document catalogues a number of security features that, on their face, would appear to prevent interception.
Kornell, N., Bjork, R. A. & Garcia, M. A. Why tests appear to prevent forgetting: a distribution-based bifurcation model.
Omega-3 supplements do not appear to prevent mental decline in old age, a study review has shown.
Significantly higher concentrations of the growth factors compared with normal do not appear to prevent or reverse structural remodelling in the airways.
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The good news is that prevention of one appears to prevent death from the other.
With regard to the prevention of symptom emergence, rivastigmine treatment appeared to prevent the emergence of activity disturbances compared with placebo (p = 0.016).
Further Sb appeared to prevent Oswald ripening of the precipitates.
Not well enough, it appears, to prevent it from being dissolved.
On the surface, this regulation appears to prevent one party from dominating the PKW.
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