as in to prevent
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
her careful planning averted disaster
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The last-minute deal averted a trial set to begin next Monday.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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In the year of her birth, Japan signed an agreement with President Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary of state that averted conflict with the United States in exchange for Washington recognizing Japan’s annexation of the Korean Peninsula.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
More from Axios: IRS changes for 2025 can boost paychecks, lower taxes
When increased 2025 Social Security payments arrive
Big Lots averts full liquidation, strikes deal to save 200-400 stores
Want more stories like this?
—Kelly Tyko, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
In the year of her birth, Japan signed an agreement with President Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary of state that averted conflict with the United States in exchange for Washington recognizing Japan’s annexation of the Korean Peninsula.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Skinner worried that our reaction to environmental catastrophe would come too late to avert it.
—Debra Hendrickson, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Avert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avert. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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