avoidance

Example Sentences

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The 35-year-old was told he had avoidance anxiety: "I wouldn't cross a road, I wouldn't take the kids to school."

From BBC

That has led to a surge in "healthcare avoidance" in the Somali and Hispanic communities, it reported.

From Barron's

Using this metric, the authors calculated that as of June 2025, a complete loss of command over satellite avoidance maneuvers would result in a catastrophic collision in about 2.8 days.

From Science Daily

Aggregators willfully take advantage of news avoidance, narrow attention spans and short fuses.

From Salon

“I think it’s avoidance more than anything else,” she said.

From MarketWatch