1
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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2
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
Education — not avoidance — is what specialists in the source recommend.
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
Wealthy people have also devised tax avoidance strategies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
In addiction treatment, encouraging emotional attachment to an algorithm risks reinforcing the very patterns of avoidance and substitution that sustain addiction.
—Steve D. Klein, STAT, 14 May 2026
Addressing something directly now may relieve more pressure than avoidance.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026
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Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
Wealthy people have also devised tax avoidance strategies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
In addiction treatment, encouraging emotional attachment to an algorithm risks reinforcing the very patterns of avoidance and substitution that sustain addiction.
—Steve D. Klein, STAT, 14 May 2026
Addressing something directly now may relieve more pressure than avoidance.
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avoidance
Noun
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The positive impacts of your escape from daily realities are doubled.—
Alessandra Signorelli,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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That escape also reveals the profound depths of his narcissism.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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In Village People’s gay-empowerment lexicon this means joining a gay community, for true abolition from the slavery of societal/self-loathing cannot be achieved on one’s own.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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Today, more than 150 years after the abolition of slavery in the United States, the history and memorialization of both America’s founding and the freedom movement illustrate Philadelphia’s major role in the success of the Underground Railroad.—
Jeremy Mennis,
The Conversation,
1 May 2026
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Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday launched a mega-operation to dismantle fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, in the latest phase of an investigation targeting criminal gangs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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In 1960, in what would be the start of a seminal friendship, Jones was approached by King to be on his legal team in a tax evasion case brought by the state of Alabama.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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For Max Relouzat, 81, president of the Association for the Memory of Slaveries, the repeal matters, because so little else has.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Tiki huts have been with us ever since the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, but really took off in the United States after World War II.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
26 May 2026
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When McKenzie asks him how much he’s contributed to the coffers of politicians, his dodging of the question is pure dissembling theater.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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Furthermore, the Ukrainian army is short-handed, facing some 200,000 troop desertions and draft-dodging by around 2 million people, Fedorov, the defense minister, said in January.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Avoidance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoidance. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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