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The executive wondered whether his employer could prevent him from taking the trip, or if he’d have to avoid returning to the office afterward.

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I then made a line of small piles of ricotta stuffing, before folding over the pasta and squeezing out air pockets to avoid the raviolis bursting in the boiling water.

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Because of coronavirus fears, many people have switched to using credit cards and mobile payments to avoid handling money.

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The state has released about 10,000 inmates early to avoid crowding because of the pandemic, and another 8,000 could be released by August.

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For example, it can allow households to avoid home foreclosure, evictions and car repossession.

There are reasons that European countries tend to avoid fluoride.

It is also important to avoid using the pope as part of a marketing strategy.

We try to avoid going away for too long, so we can check back in.

Such statements are rare, as the Guards routinely avoid going public with news about the demise of one of their commanders.

The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.

He had not estimated that if Jean Baptiste sought his wife secretly, it must have been because he wished to avoid him.

But I always suspected it was a stratagem on his part to avoid playing, and that nothing really ailed him.

But it was my only chance then; or rather I had seen enough of business to avoid making mistakes when I could.

She stopped, and turned to face him, an incredible shyness seeming to cause her to avoid his gaze.

He ought not to be in London now—it is stifling—went up for some business meeting or other—seemed to wish to avoid details.

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On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to avoid, such as: avert, bypass, dodge, escape, evade, and fend off.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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