averted
Example Sentences
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Funding for research into particle physics at Cern and astronomy projects is also affected, but the deep cuts initially feared have been averted.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Compound that with domestic crises like a narrowly averted Samsung factory strike and an overall slowdown in non-tech industries, and things have become rather volatile on the peninsula.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 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
At a June 9 special meeting convened by Garden Grove’s government, residents emotionally recounted trauma from the recent mass evacuation and questioned a GKN Aerospace executive over the narrowly averted catastrophe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The thing he saw in the averted glance of the servants at his boarding school; the bootblack who tap-danced for a penny.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
