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precaution [prıˈkɔːʃən] N

cautionary [ˈkɔːʃənərı] ADJ

I . reactionary [rıˈækʃənərı] ADJ

II . reactionary [rıˈækʃənərı] N

I . revolutionary [ˌrevəˈljuːʃənərı] ADJ

II . revolutionary [ˌrevəˈljuːʃənərı] N

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Educational institutions declared a holiday and public transport went off the roads and shops and establishments shut as a precautionary measure.
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The precautionary approach it prescribes is typically implemented in concrete management rules as minimum spawning biomass, maximum fishing mortality rates, etc.
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To ensure precautionary safety measures, only the default kernel is in the boot menu, enabling the computer to boot only from the hard drive.
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However, the safety of our employees is our unquestioned number-one priority, and therefore we have decided to take these precautionary measures.
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At least twenty aircraft engines were damaged by ice during take-off, and five aircraft needed to make precautionary landingss with only one working engine.
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A proper risk assessment found there to be insufficient risk to invoke the precautionary principle.
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At least 20 aircraft engines were damaged by ice during take-off, and five aircraft needed to make precautionary landings with only one working engine.
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Typically, though, only precautionary measures to restrict access to food waste and den sites are effective in the long term.
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These rights, for example, have been the basis for such practical rules as the no harm principle and the precautionary principle.
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No introduction to the precautionary principle would be complete without brief reference to the difference between the precautionary principle and the precautionary approach.
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