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Recent Examples of avoidance This was probably due to the avoidance of dairy products, which—like sugar—can cause blemishes. Anna Bader, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2025 Symptoms of this condition can include vivid memories of the fires, nightmares, hypervigilance or avoidance of anything that reminds someone of the event, Alpert said. Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025 Active safety features include a pre-collision warning, automatic emergency braking, plus lane deviation and avoidance. New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2025 His controversial tenure as the Dodgers’ owner, which included allegations of financial mismanagement and tax avoidance, ended with the team filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2011. Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for avoidance 
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Noun
  • Rivera said she and her two young children were trapped — the flames blocked every escape route.
    Jesse Coburn, Curbed, 31 Jan. 2025
  • John Nigh — whose criminal history includes violent charges and spans multiple counties — is being pursued by the Craven County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force and other agencies following his escape from the Craven County Jail on Sunday afternoon.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • When Did Charles Manson Die? In 1971, the court sentenced Manson to death for the murders, but California's abolition of the death penalty in 1972 commuted his punishment to life in prison.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2024
  • This week reminds us that the road to abolition does not run in a straight line.
    Brian Stull, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Those evasions may be simply to get over the finish line.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
  • That could lead to less enforcement, higher rates of tax evasion, and potentially less revenue for the federal government.
    Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025

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“Avoidance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoidance. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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