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Example sentences for: deterrent

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Also, the papers don't mention it, but this story should give pause to anyone who thinks the death penalty is a deterrent.
Accusations of plagiarism seem to be the greatest deterrent.
Critics of the CWC say that chemical weapons are an essential deterrent against such attacks by these nonparticipating nations.
Once China has a deterrent equal to that of the United States, Scheer says, it won't feel the need to taunt its neighbors after every tiny technological advance.
It may prove to be a more effective deterrent to unreasonable searches, but unless reasonableness is tautologically defined to include only searches that turn up evidence of guilt, the more effective the deterrent, the less truth it is likely to uncover.