eschew
Example Sentences
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He shook up the movie business in much the same way by eschewing traditional long and broad theatrical releases, which weren’t consumer-friendly in his view.
Many startups had eschewed going public in recent years.
By eschewing inefficient long twos, Curry and Harden became the two most lethal scorers in the NBA.
His just-in-time epiphany leads him to do the very thing he has spent his whole career eschewing: substitute a simple calculus of immediate military advantage for legalistic code.
Court transcripts, transcripts of conversations Nuzzi’s had with other reporters and snapshots of a D.C. politico’s high life collide with one another in disjointed chapters that eschew timelines and zigzag among subjects.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.