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obviate

[ob-vee-eyt] / ˈɒb viˌeɪt /


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This will obviate the need to travel to entertainment venues and make access economical and on-demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

As Bessent should understand, the violation of one logical condition can obviate the logic of another—what a logician might call an “antecedent condition.”

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

Strategy already set aside a $1.4 billion reserve for dividend and interest payments over the next two years to obviate the need to sell bitcoins in the near future.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

Still, as Ritholtz and Invictus point out, it’s hornbook economics that the proper way to deal with non-seasonally adjusted figures is to use year-to-year comparisons, which obviate seasonal trends.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2024

“Some would contend that this confession would obviate the need for a lengthy trial,” she said in a cold, heartless voice that made Finn miss the real Ms. Morales.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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