as in prevention
the act or practice of keeping something from happening
the averting of forest fires can be helped by the clearing of dry underbrush
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as in preventing
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
her careful planning averted disaster
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Recent Examples of averting
Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
Its networking and optical connectivity chips function as the lifeline of modern data centers, averting bottlenecks as inference workloads expand across clusters.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Regardless, this vaccine can do a lot more than prevent death — surely averting tens of thousands of painful hospitalizations is an outcome worth preserving.
—Ben Lopman, STAT, 17 Jan. 2026
The path to averting a partial government shutdown The Senate is expected to take up the package as soon as next week, with dwindling time to address the remaining funding bills.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
This was about avoiding embarrassment, about averting disaster.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Understanding the gravity of a red flag warning and adhering to these precautions is paramount in averting wildfires during these perilous conditions.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Dec. 2025
Still, after bashing Republicans for months on the urgency of averting the cost cliff, Democrats would also face their own pressures to swallow the policy changes in order to secure an extension of the subsidies — and relief for millions of Americans.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2025
Besides averting hundreds of thousands of fatalities, reducing malaria by 90% in the continent could boost its GDP by $16 billion a year, the World Health Organization said.
—semafor.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Verb
Superior Court Judge Robert Genuario, a Norwalk Republican who spent a more than a decade in the Senate and on Appropriations in the 1990s and 2000s, credits Keane’s sense of humor with averting a budget crisis in 1995.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
Its networking and optical connectivity chips function as the lifeline of modern data centers, averting bottlenecks as inference workloads expand across clusters.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Regardless, this vaccine can do a lot more than prevent death — surely averting tens of thousands of painful hospitalizations is an outcome worth preserving.
—Ben Lopman, STAT, 17 Jan. 2026
The path to averting a partial government shutdown The Senate is expected to take up the package as soon as next week, with dwindling time to address the remaining funding bills.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
This was about avoiding embarrassment, about averting disaster.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Understanding the gravity of a red flag warning and adhering to these precautions is paramount in averting wildfires during these perilous conditions.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Dec. 2025
Still, after bashing Republicans for months on the urgency of averting the cost cliff, Democrats would also face their own pressures to swallow the policy changes in order to secure an extension of the subsidies — and relief for millions of Americans.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2025
Besides averting hundreds of thousands of fatalities, reducing malaria by 90% in the continent could boost its GDP by $16 billion a year, the World Health Organization said.
—semafor.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for averting
Noun
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In 2021, then-Mayor Lamar Thorpe proposed a citywide crime-prevention plan to help local youths involved in illicit activities get off the streets.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The state will use the grant to reshape rural health care by creating cancer-specific hub sites that help boost access to cancer treatment and prevention.—
Marissa Payne,
Des Moines Register,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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One of the two entrances to Elephant Valley is outfitted with bee boxes; bees are known to be a natural elephant deterrent and can help in preventing the animals from disrupting crops or communities.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The mice received the treatments before the development of memory symptoms to measure the impact on preventing or delaying Alzheimer’s.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Averting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/averting. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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