as in prevented
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
brushing regularly should obviate the need for frequent trips to the dentist
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Recent Examples of obviated
But a constant churn of financial maneuvers (spinning off Saks’ e-commerce, creating co-working spaces in underutilized stores, all while being highly leveraged) brought some benefit but never obviated the need to invest more in basics.
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Phil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obviated
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At the time, Caucus leadership cited Metra delays as a factor that may have prevented some members from reaching the Gorton Center before voting closed.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Officials prevented the officer's entry and activated emergency protocols issued by the Ministry of Foreign Relations and Human Mobility, according to the consulate.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Another special skill for binocular astronomers that isn’t intuitive is averted vision.—
Jase Parnell-Brookes,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The crisis was averted and the B’s scored the next four goals to win going away.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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The companies contend those claims can’t proceed because they are precluded by federal law.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
12 Jan. 2026
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In 1898, which was only thirty years after the amendment was ratified, the Supreme Court ruled definitively on the meaning of that phrase in the case of Wong Kim Ark, a man born in California to Chinese immigrants who were precluded from becoming citizens by the Chinese Exclusion Act.—
Amy Davidson Sorkin,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Obviated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obviated. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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