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as in evaded
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like
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as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action
asked the court to avoid the contract because it was signed under duress
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Recent Examples of avoided
Malepeai, her co-defendant Freddie Lee Davis III, and two others who avoided federal charges were identified by police as members of a robbery crew that committed violent purse snatchings around the Bay Area.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
After not being present for voluntary activities throughout the offseason, Pickens avoided a contract holdout situation and reported to The Star for the first time since the conclusion of the 2025 season.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Some managers have avoided SpaceX, such as Danish pension fund AkademikerPension.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
The Iranians made history with two draws in Inglewood, marking the first time the team has avoided a loss through its first two World Cup games.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
The markets quickly stabilized, and a major downturn in the economy was avoided.
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Barbara Hagenbaugh,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Kopercinski, who finished with six strikeouts and two walks, allowed a leadoff double and a two-out walk in the first but avoided any damage.
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Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Bold primary colors and neons should also be avoided in interior paint.
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Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
21 June 2026
Carter Jensen led off the game with a home run, and John Rave, Lane Thomas and Michael Massey also went deep as the Royals avoided a three-game sweep in Washington.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
After not being present for voluntary activities throughout the offseason, Pickens avoided a contract holdout situation and reported to The Star for the first time since the conclusion of the 2025 season.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
Some managers have avoided SpaceX, such as Danish pension fund AkademikerPension.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
The Iranians made history with two draws in Inglewood, marking the first time the team has avoided a loss through its first two World Cup games.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
The markets quickly stabilized, and a major downturn in the economy was avoided.
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Barbara Hagenbaugh,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
Kopercinski, who finished with six strikeouts and two walks, allowed a leadoff double and a two-out walk in the first but avoided any damage.
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Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
Bold primary colors and neons should also be avoided in interior paint.
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Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
21 June 2026
Carter Jensen led off the game with a home run, and John Rave, Lane Thomas and Michael Massey also went deep as the Royals avoided a three-game sweep in Washington.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avoided
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California Highway Patrol arrested a Sacramento man who police say evaded arrest and stole a patrol car, the Sacramento Police Department announced Friday afternoon.
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For years, Heuermann evaded law enforcement despite the discovery of four of the victims' remains in 2010.
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In 1865, more than eight decades after Elizabeth Freeman defeated slavery in Massachusetts, the practice was finally abolished throughout the United States, though only after a civil war that cleaved the young nation and cost more than 600,000 lives.
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Every fifty years, all debt was abolished.
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Emilio Buitrago, who was born in Venezuela but moved to Philadelphia in the 1990s, says his cousin narrowly escaped her apartment building during the earthquakes.
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And this has not escaped Justice Alito's notice.
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Carrera can now only afford to take only one or two classes a semester after his in-state tuition was repealed.
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The extension is expected to generate approximately $925,000 annually and will continue unless repealed by voters.
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Ezequiel Tovar went deep with one out, but Whitlock prevented further damage.
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Tetanus can often be prevented after an injury through proper wound care, administration of a tetanus-containing vaccine and, in some cases, tetanus immune globulin, which contains antibodies that provide immediate protection.
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The Mason Motocross races on Sunday were canceled after the crash, WOWK reported.
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He was eventually brought by an airport assistant to the gate for the flight to Sarasota, but that service was delayed and eventually canceled due to weather.
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Newsom's counter proposal calls for a federal minimum tax rate on Americans worth more than $100 million, rather than a state level one-time 5% wealth tax that the governor argues could be dodged by billionaires who could leave the state for another.
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Canada thus dodged a tougher opponent and a hostile environment.
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In Tennessee, a pickup truck carrying about 1 million bees overturned near Knoxville in April, unleashing a swarm that blanketed the crash scene.
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The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict.
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“Avoided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoided. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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