avoided

Example Sentences

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In recent years, China has significantly toned down its calls to denuclearise the Korean peninsula and avoided mentioning it publicly.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Ruiz avoided going to the store, where an official jersey made of special anti-perspiration fabric costs nearly $200.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Supplements may be useful when dietary intake is insufficient or osteoporosis is present, but excessive intake should be avoided.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Mrs. Biden insists it is not: “The time to discuss those four years in the White House—so much that I’ve avoided even letting myself think about—is now.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Thus Trabb’s boy became their guide, and with him they went out to the sluice-house, though by the town way to the marshes, which I had avoided.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens