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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
At best, this results in superficial engagement—teams may appear aligned on the surface but lack genuine buy-in as difficult conversations are avoided.
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
And who has avoided injuries while the rest of the squad have struggled?
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Rays ace Shane McClanahan will miss time with a nerve issue but avoided serious injury in his arm.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Moving toward the center, Newsom avoided lots of political grief last year by vetoing three bills the Legislature passed to help undocumented immigrants.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Resisting Centers of Excellence Siders has also avoided the conventional model of building Centers of Excellence.
—Peter High, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
With better regional insights, Pepsi could have avoided alienating its audience.
—Jeremy Barnett, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Majors avoided jail time but was given a year of probation.
—Jake Coyle, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2025
The budget deal announced by Maryland’s leaders on March 20 avoided hard decisions and did nothing to improve the state’s economic or fiscal outlook in the years ahead.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
And who has avoided injuries while the rest of the squad have struggled?
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Rays ace Shane McClanahan will miss time with a nerve issue but avoided serious injury in his arm.
—Chris Branch, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Moving toward the center, Newsom avoided lots of political grief last year by vetoing three bills the Legislature passed to help undocumented immigrants.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Resisting Centers of Excellence Siders has also avoided the conventional model of building Centers of Excellence.
—Peter High, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
With better regional insights, Pepsi could have avoided alienating its audience.
—Jeremy Barnett, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Majors avoided jail time but was given a year of probation.
—Jake Coyle, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2025
The budget deal announced by Maryland’s leaders on March 20 avoided hard decisions and did nothing to improve the state’s economic or fiscal outlook in the years ahead.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avoided
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But in life James resisted metaphor and evaded attention.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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DeAngelo evaded prosecution for years while committing a string of murders and rapes across the Golden State between 1974 and 1986, including two murders and nine kidnappings in Sacramento County alone.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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The Project 2025 report said that when Congress created the program, MEP centers were intended to transition to self-sustaining private institutions but that a ban on long-term funding was abolished in 1998.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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Illinois abolished cash bail in 2023.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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India escaped the scary moment unscathed.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Anderson, who retired his first 10 batters, walked the bases loaded with one out in the fourth, but escaped the jam by striking out Jeremy Peña and getting Diaz to line out.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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However, strict safety restrictions prevented workers from accessing the area to turn it back on, delaying essential waste shipment and decommissioning operations.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2025
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His teammates got him off the hook and prevented the Braves from falling seven games behind the Phillies just 10 games into the season.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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However, the bill's language caused much confusion and gridlock in 2019, leading Parliament to pursue an additional measure, which repealed the 2011 act and instituted the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill, which Queen Elizabeth II assented to in March 2022.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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Voters in November repealed part of a decade-old law that softened some criminal penalties and ousted two progressive district attorneys who championed such reforms.—
Mackenzie Mays,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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The Wolverines came in hot after winning the Big Ten tourney but narrowly dodged UC San Diego in a 3-point thriller on Thursday.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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The historic plan would also be significant for the European Union, with investors hopeful the spending will lift a stagnant German economy that narrowly dodged a recession through 2023 and 2024, and also benefit the broader continent.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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An author training session was canceled with no explanation.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
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The comedy series has been canceled after airing for four seasons on Apple TV+, its co-creator and stars confirmed.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Phoenix Suns have officially been eliminated from playoff contention with their 125-112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Its usefulness as a means of water transportation, however, was virtually eliminated when a wider and deeper channel — the Sanitary and Ship Canal — was completed alongside the I&M Canal in 1900.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Avoided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoided. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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