avert
Example Sentences
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San Diego on Friday averted a one-day teachers strike planned later this month over union demands for more special education staffing.
The plan was announced last week as Europe debates a new strategy to avert industrial decline.
So an AI robotics growth boom will probably be too late to avert a white collar AI driven recession.
From Barron's
Food and Drug Administration has approved drugs that can avert symptoms like memory loss.
From MarketWatch
Energy companies fearing potential export restrictions agreed in 2022 to offer uncontracted gas to local buyers before seeking overseas customers in a deal the Australian government said averted a domestic supply crisis.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
