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Example sentences for: deterrent

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The participants applauded the deterrent put in place by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which sends a signal that persons who prepare or attest to fraudulent financial statements can go to jail.
One deterrent to food-stamp use, remember, is the Checkout-Line Factor--people tend to look at you funny when you whip out your food-stamp card to buy your groceries.
Some treaty opponents argue that if the United States destroys its chemical weapons, it will have surrendered a vital deterrent to chemical attacks.
Accusations of plagiarism seem to be the greatest deterrent.
( Blade , by the way, is one of the only contemporary vampire movies that bothers to regard garlic as a serious deterrent.