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Some will be avoiding New Year festivities entirely—and very sensible folk they are too.

In their opinion, this would allow conservatives to lay a marker down on immigration while avoiding a shutdown for the time being.

But if by chance you are a prison guard, avoiding detection is much easier.

There, she and other mothers can take ministry-sponsored courses, including on cooking and avoiding marital conflict.

If it sounds as though Scott is a consummate politician, skilled at avoiding controversy, think again.

Many of those who are not on pay escape to India and other regions, without any possibility of avoiding it.

In a dream he crossed the crowded hall, avoiding various acquaintances with unconscious cunning.

Madame Ratignolle had dragged herself over, avoiding the too public thoroughfares, she said.

She had won a long and hard-fought battle; but in avoiding one master she had abandoned herself to another.

The avoiding of sharp stones and boulders at last became almost mechanical.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to avoiding, such as: elusive, brief, ephemeral, flying, passing, and short.

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

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