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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
Notably, Miami midfielder Sergio Busquets avoided punishment after appearing to strike Vargas on the chin during the post-match melee.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
During his March 2023 visit to Mariupol, Putin had avoided the theater.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
But the 49ers avoided a serious situation, as ESPN reported Jennings’ MRI came back clean.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
That single decision preserved his leadership capital and avoided a months-long political spiral.
—Naz Beheshti, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Prince William also attended the service, but the brothers reportedly avoided each other.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
In previous years, Russian authorities largely avoided attacking Yeltsin, who died in 2007 and who as the country’s first president after the Cold War was the man who picked Putin to succeed him.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
Mamdani has taken a more aggressive approach than many traditional Democrats—who have historically championed incremental reform and avoided expansive tax policies targeting high-earners.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Idaho’s protocol will call for keeping prison staff from needing to volunteer for the firing squad if it can be avoided, IDOC Director Bree Derrick told the Statesman.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
During his March 2023 visit to Mariupol, Putin had avoided the theater.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
But the 49ers avoided a serious situation, as ESPN reported Jennings’ MRI came back clean.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
That single decision preserved his leadership capital and avoided a months-long political spiral.
—Naz Beheshti, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Prince William also attended the service, but the brothers reportedly avoided each other.
—Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
In previous years, Russian authorities largely avoided attacking Yeltsin, who died in 2007 and who as the country’s first president after the Cold War was the man who picked Putin to succeed him.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
Mamdani has taken a more aggressive approach than many traditional Democrats—who have historically championed incremental reform and avoided expansive tax policies targeting high-earners.
—Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Idaho’s protocol will call for keeping prison staff from needing to volunteer for the firing squad if it can be avoided, IDOC Director Bree Derrick told the Statesman.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for avoided
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Large swaths of eastern Colorado have evaded the drought plaguing most of the state west of 25.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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Weaponized stubbornness Scoring is a straightforward concept, but success in this realm evaded Florida Saturday night.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Chinese leader, who assumed the presidency in 2013, abolished term limits in 2018.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 2018, China’s legislature abolished presidential term limits in a ceremonial vote, effectively allowing Xi to rule for life.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Having escaped disaster and gauged the full extent of American self-deterrence, Putin began putting pressure on Ukraine’s neighbors and suppliers.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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One snake got tear-gassed by police, then shot at five times, and still escaped—only to finally meet its match with a garden hoe (obviously).—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
10 Sep. 2025
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At least two people inside Club Q confronted the gunman and prevented further violence, said Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Proactivity also reduces ticket volume; studies indicate that 25% to 40% of contact‑center calls are avoidable, often because of missing documentation, and that 57% of inbound calls could be prevented if answers were easier to find.—
Mukul Garg,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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While the plan is due to be repealed by mid-2028, borrowers could be forced into repayment much sooner than that if there are additional court decisions in the ongoing legal challenge, which is expected.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That means those rules would not be repealed for this school year, which has already begun.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The last is closest to the truth, manager Gavin Olivieri told The Athletic, as the original owners—both going through divorces—dodged calls from their ex-spouses back in the day.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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The companies showing off their cases with a lighter white or silvery iPhone 17 Pro in product shots mostly dodged any embarrassment, as those are harder to distinguish from Apple’s actual silver color.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Though Davies planned to reunite the band for a tour in 2015, it was canceled when the musician was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that attacks plasma cells.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Last year, Romania controversially canceled the turnout of a presidential election that produced a victory for a far-right independent, arguing his campaign was backed by Russian interference and disqualifying his candidacy.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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In 2017, Senate Republicans eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees in an effort to allow the GOP to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch with a simple majority vote.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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With widespread vaccination, which led to measles being declared eliminated from the US in 2000, SSPE has virtually disappeared in the US.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Avoided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoided. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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