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The phrase "as a preventive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to actions or measures taken to prevent something from happening.
Example: "The doctor recommended taking vitamin C as a preventive measure against colds."
Alternatives: "as a precaution" or "as a deterrent".
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"As far as a preventive measure, these things are very hard to prevent.
Studies have shown that doxycycline works as a preventive.
As a preventive measure, the act wasn't terribly effective.
The bark was formerly used as a preventive against scurvy.
All had their breasts removed as a preventive measure from 1960 to 1993.
Indeed, some doctors prescribe the Pill to high-risk patients as a preventive measure.
By 1700, variolation — deliberate infection with smallpox — had been tried successfully as a preventive measure.
To suddenly start drinking large quantities of coffee is still really premature as a preventive measure".
But as a preventive measure, some patients with working cables are having them removed.
Only now was there evidence to support introducing them into the diet as a preventive measure.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved tamoxifen as a preventive for high-risk women.
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