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as in escape
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable
her congenital avoidance of conflict makes talking about problems with her difficult
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as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action
plans to petition the court for an avoidance of the prenuptial agreement
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Recent Examples of avoidance
There's no collision avoidance, which is common for less expensive beginner to enthusiast models, but the Atom does offer impressive subject-tracking functionality.
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James Abbott, Space.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Financially, that can look like missed deadlines, avoidance, reactive spending, or complete paralysis.
—Tiffany Aliche, SELF, 23 Feb. 2026
The organization’s rebuild has centered on evaluation through competition, not avoidance of it, and a league-wide move toward discouraging manipulation would make that philosophy less of an outlier.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
With the new system in place, Cassie demonstrated faster decision-making, improved collision avoidance, and more confident stepping on moving platforms and varied terrain.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
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James Abbott, Space.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Financially, that can look like missed deadlines, avoidance, reactive spending, or complete paralysis.
—Tiffany Aliche, SELF, 23 Feb. 2026
The organization’s rebuild has centered on evaluation through competition, not avoidance of it, and a league-wide move toward discouraging manipulation would make that philosophy less of an outlier.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
With the new system in place, Cassie demonstrated faster decision-making, improved collision avoidance, and more confident stepping on moving platforms and varied terrain.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avoidance
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Maritim Marina Bay Resort & Casino, Vlore Located along the picturesque coastline of Vlore, the Maritim Marina Bay Resort & Casino is another high-end escape, this time with panoramic ocean views.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Demonstrators tried to prevent their escape as Lang threw himself and his goat into the truck.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Organizers held a series of events focused on resisting immigration enforcement actions and calling for the abolition of ICE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to its website.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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In the 19th century, that meant abolition and constitutional amendments.—
Jack Hill,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2026
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The refusal to answer is itself an answer, at least for fans trained to read Maas’s evasions as meaningful.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2026
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Boston Quality Clean Services owner Jean Brito, 47, of Woburn, faces five counts each of tax evasion and making or subscribing false tax returns for his business.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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City budget data show that about 33 cents of every property tax dollar collected by the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser is actually spent within the city, underscoring the scale of the financial challenge a statewide property-tax repeal would create for Hialeah.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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But the repeal of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, polio, diphtheria, rubeola and tetanus, requires legislative action.—
Ana Goñi-Lessan,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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Its defense minister last week reported some 200,000 troop desertions and draft-dodging by about 2 million Ukrainians.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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Its defense minister last week reported some 200,000 troop desertions and draft-dodging by about 2 million Ukrainians.—
Kamila Hrabchuk,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Avoidance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoidance. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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