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
But denial and avoidance are also human impulses, often more powerful than our need to know.
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Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
Platforms engineered to capture our attention also rewire our stress response: constant notifications, doom-scrolling, and the pressure to curate an online identity all heighten chronic stress, reduce real-world coping mechanisms, and reinforce avoidance behaviors.
—Dale Whelehan, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Global Tax Reforms And Their Impact On IP Management
The global tax landscape is undergoing significant reforms, driven by efforts to address tax avoidance and ensure fair taxation of digital and intangible assets.
—Joseph K. Hopkins, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Other factors that Homendy mentioned were that the regional jet pilots appear to have received a warning from an onboard collision avoidance system.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
Platforms engineered to capture our attention also rewire our stress response: constant notifications, doom-scrolling, and the pressure to curate an online identity all heighten chronic stress, reduce real-world coping mechanisms, and reinforce avoidance behaviors.
—Dale Whelehan, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Global Tax Reforms And Their Impact On IP Management
The global tax landscape is undergoing significant reforms, driven by efforts to address tax avoidance and ensure fair taxation of digital and intangible assets.
—Joseph K. Hopkins, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Other factors that Homendy mentioned were that the regional jet pilots appear to have received a warning from an onboard collision avoidance system.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avoidance
Noun
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The Reality: Most Will Not Be Able to Enter Canada Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants has left many searching for an escape, but Canada will not be a viable refuge for the vast majority.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The escape comes one week after gun suspect Eric Cruz managed to slip away from a cop watching him at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia in Manhattan and run off while still wearing a hospital gown.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The painting refers to the European migrants who moved to Brazil en masse to work its plantations following the abolition of the slave trade in 1888.—
Emi Eleode,
ARTnews.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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His decision is a nudge toward a more rational death penalty and perhaps its eventual abolition.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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Part of this containment strategy is to stop Chinese company transshipments through Canada and Mexico from engaging in willful U.S. tariff evasion.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Our president is about to pardon Pete, who gambled on games but did time for tax evasion.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Avoidance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoidance. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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