avoidable
Example Sentences
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An ongoing independent inquiry is examining repeated failings and potentially avoidable harm to babies and mothers in the NHS.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Ten years later, it’s hard not to be a little angry at how avoidable it all was.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
While AMT surprises tend to be expensive and sometimes avoidable with proper planning.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
The Navy concluded in investigations later that year that both crashes were avoidable and stemmed from crew failures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
We will have to give up the notion that death is catastrophe, or detestable, or avoidable, or even strange.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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