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
My model this week will focus on driving distance, three-putt avoidance, links golf course scoring, strokes gained on approach, strokes gained on approach from over 200 yards and scrambling.
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Dennis Esser, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The infotainment system also has several new features, including a more advanced lane-keeping assist system and a side-impact collision avoidance feature.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
Instead of avoiding a task, face the core of your worry, reframe the negative thoughts that fuel your avoidance and get back to the task with intention.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
When the neurons were turned on artificially, the mice reacted with fear and avoidance, even when no pain was actually present.
—New Atlas, 11 July 2025
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Dennis Esser, New York Times, 9 July 2025
The infotainment system also has several new features, including a more advanced lane-keeping assist system and a side-impact collision avoidance feature.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
Instead of avoiding a task, face the core of your worry, reframe the negative thoughts that fuel your avoidance and get back to the task with intention.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
When the neurons were turned on artificially, the mice reacted with fear and avoidance, even when no pain was actually present.
—New Atlas, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for avoidance
Noun
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Lake Placid’s renaissance has transformed it into Central Florida's most surprising small-town escape with an unhurried pace and a slice of Americana.—
Rebecca Deurlein,
Southern Living,
22 July 2025
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For Carrington, born in 1917, art was an escape from her genteel, repressive British upbringing.—
Celia Bell
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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In the aftermath of abolition/compensation, forgetting or disavowing the centuries of slavery became the primary take.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
10 June 2025
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For starters, many early independence movements in Latin America were linked to the abolition of slavery—most notably in Haiti.—
Book Marks
July 3,
Literary Hub,
3 July 2025
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Their robust negations appeared to put both them and their American hosts on the right side of history, compared with writers in the unfree world of authoritarian regimes, who seemed to have been permanently tainted by lies, equivocations, and evasions.—
Pankaj Mishra,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Alcantara has two other arrests for weapons possession and fare evasion, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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“Avoidance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoidance. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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