averted
Example Sentences
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As a result of its new approach, the EPA no longer estimates the number of lives saved or diseases and hospitalizations averted.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
Oil and equity traders bet that the strait would remain open and a large-scale war averted despite the heightened tensions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
None of the sovereign defaults over the past decade—among them Argentina, Ecuador, Ghana, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela—would have been averted by a debt pause.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
The board’s actions came on the same day that it approved major labor agreements, which narrowly averted a strike in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Still averted from her, the young man made a sign of affirmation.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
