averted

Example Sentences

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"A technical recession of two negative quarters in a row appears to have been averted," the ministry said.

From Reuters

Each time, the Probation Department has been given a chance to fix the problems and narrowly averted a shutdown.

From Los Angeles Times

If all of Cape Town’s residents had used a more equal amount of water, the city “could have averted some of the worst effects of Day Zero,” the paper found.

From Washington Post

On Tuesday, the I.M.F. expressed optimism that a financial crisis could be averted, but it lamented that inflation was still elevated and that the global economy remained fragile, facing a “rocky” road ahead.

From New York Times

Wet scrubbers, on the other hand, don’t need to be turned off, which might have averted the hazardous materials release.

From Los Angeles Times