Example sentences for: precautionary

How can you use “precautionary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Individuals carrying such changes might be alerted to the possible harmful consequences and take whatever precautionary measures seem appropriate.

  • The ability to borrow together with a rise in the number of two-earner families may have reduced the perceived need for precautionary saving.

  • Precautionary saving may be over-and-above basic life-cycle saving for retirement.

  • The use of the precautionary principle was criticized by some as unscientific in this context.

  • As a precautionary measure I consulted the menu, and there my eye fell on the vermicelles . I explained to my companions that this must be pasta, a kind of Continental macaroni (in those days macaroni was about the only kind of pasta you ever saw in England, if we mercifully forget the incredible invention of spaghetti on toast).


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