obviated

past tense of obviate

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Recent Examples of obviated These workstations, as well as increasingly powerful desktop computers from IBM and Apple, obviated the need for specialized LISP machines. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obviated
Verb
  • That shutdown was blamed on a network connectivity problem that prevented controllers from seeing train locations on the tracks, which made safe operation of the system impossible.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There’s also the issue of money that may have prevented her from returning for the 2025 fashion show.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The government’s survival on Thursday averted that outcome, at least for the time being.
    Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This story has been corrected to show the warnings were reversed in 2015 before Congress averted a shutdown.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • With the program proving popular, the decision to expand meant finding someone who could oversee it daily, as Vinson’s administrative duties precluded him from doing so.
    Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Last month, Mangione’s attorneys also filed a 114-page motion in his federal case arguing that federal prosecutors should be precluded from treating it as a death penalty case due to public comments made by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025

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“Obviated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obviated. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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