- present participle of avert.
averting
Example Sentences
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The boom has also fuelled worker demands over pay packages, with Samsung averting a major strike in May by agreeing a deal on bonuses with its largest union.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
On the NYSE, new 52-week highs outpaced new lows and numbered more than 100 again, so this buy signal is still in place — narrowly averting being stopped out.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
Jack Hendry was superb, averting danger more than once with his pace and reading of the game.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
But as the company’s leaders huddled in a conference room to discuss plans for averting disaster, two things happened that Susman and Jacob would never forget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The Compromise of 1790 is most famous for averting a political crisis that many statesmen of the time considered a threat to the survival of the infant republic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
