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"prevent by" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe the action of stopping something from happening or taking place. Example: The new security measures were put in place to prevent theft by unauthorized individuals.
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Preventative got created from prevent by this same analogical pattern.
Those who work on the bridge learn to cope with the suicides they can't prevent by keeping an emotional distance.
He is an example of the very thing James Wilson was trying to prevent by having one locus of authority in the executive.
Commissions create a conflict of interest that governments can prevent by making sure advisers are paid by clients, not by product providers.
Now isn't the time to "think again," but rather to prevent, by any means necessary, any of the branches of this latest axis of evil from acquiring such a weapon.
Beijing angrily broke off contact after Mr. Lee's statement and said he was setting the stage for Taiwan's independence, something that China has pledged to prevent, by military force if necessary.
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All can be prevented by giving the baby extra biotin.
More media interviews had been prevented by the coalition.
Martha Stewart is prevented by law from running her company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
We are prevented by the royal charter," he adds.
"All of this could be prevented by preventing diabetes in the first place," she added.
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