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Synonyms for protective

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Synonyms for protective

able to preserve

defending against disease

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Antonyms for protective

intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind

showing care

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(usually followed by 'of') solicitously caring or mindful

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Redmond joins Protective from MetLife, where he most recently served as Vice President, Global Government Relations, leading much of the company's state government relations efforts and lobbying activity in the states.
The global protective coatings market is projected to reach US$ 34.81 Bn by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 8.7% during the forecast period (2019-2027).
Now closed, this acquisition will be Protective's 57th acquisition and its 50th life and annuity acquisition.
The court approved protective bail of Gulzar Ahmed for 10 days in his absence for Rs.
In order to protect products from damage, manufacturers, retailers, and even logistics service providers are using large volumes of protective packaging such as bubble wraps, paper fills, loose fill peanuts, or paper/foam edges which are adding up to the waste materials after the delivering or unpacking of the products.
With India slowly gaining stature as a manufacturing hub, growth opportunities are rife for manufacturers of personal protective equipment (PPE) across various industries.
Over 2,300 contractor protective forces provide armed security for DOE and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at six sites that have long-term missions to store and process Category I SNM.
International Paint has promoted Laura Costello to the position of manager, strategic marketing protective coatings North America.
Summary: The GAC Group has launched a new innovation in crisis management and anti-piracy services -- GAC Protective Solutions, Powered by Cerberus -- to provide professional security and protective solutions for ships, cargo and crew.
To explore whether clinicians who provide reproductive health care to young female patients should screen them for abuse and exposure to violence, the researcher conducted a cross-sectional analysis of several Alaskan databases: a data file of all females who were enrolled in Medicaid at any point in 1999-2003 and who were 10-15 years old on December 31 of any study year; a database of all females in that age-group who were referred to the state's child protective services unit for investigation of physical or sexual abuse by a primary caregiver in 1999-2003; a similar database for referrals to the state's juvenile justice system; and a database of births to Alaskan residents.
Published evidence indicates that aerosol transmission of influenza can be an important mode of transmission, which has obvious implications for pandemic influenza planning and in particular for recommendations about the use of N95 respirators as part of personal protective euqipment.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (Washington, DC) has patented a vaccine for inducing an immune response in mammal to a specific antigen, where the vaccine comprises a unit dose of a binary toxin protective antigen and the antigen, which is bound to a binary toxin protective antigen binding protein.
301.6114-1, modifying the reporting requirements for treaty-based return positions, (2) the implications of a recent Tax Court decision that declared invalid the "timely filing" rule for protective returns and (3) the IRS protective return and permanent establishment initiative.
In their theoretical approach, when a computer network detects a new virus, it launches an internal counter-epidemic of self-propagating, protective messages.