avoidance

"Net gains in biodiversity and carbon storage were only achieved when both avoidance interventions were implemented. However, combining all three interventions delivered even greater gains," said Dr. Miranda.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

But Federico suggests that avoidance may actually do the most harm in exacerbating trauma symptoms.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

If I had to guess, your mom is making assumptions partly out of convenience and avoidance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Or is it what we call avoidance when we want avoidance to sound principled?

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

For his part, Jefferson kept repeating the avoidance argument he had fashioned in 1805.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

In worry exposure the person is told to set a daily time to purposefully seat in a "worry chair" and think repeatedly about the thoughts that are anxiety provoking without engaging in distractions or avoidances.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2016

Superstitions are not free—rituals and avoidances cost an animal in terms of energy or lost opportunities.

From US News ● Jun. 8, 2011

Their little avoidances of touch or tenderness spoke in a language not to be misunderstood, and their eyes told unconsciously all that they refused to say with their tongues.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger

Mr. Marsh's aspect, if anything, pleased her; she liked these avoidances of the commonplace.

From The Emancipated by George Gissing

These things he learned more by averted glances and partially concealed avoidances than by overt act or speech.

From 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story by John E. Copus