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Example Sentences
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Though AMC is still navigating a massive debt load, the theater chain has so far managed to avoid bankruptcy by issuing stock.
From Barron's
Households may have enjoyed some relief after the autumn budget in November, in which the government avoided raising income taxes and outlined plans to reduce household energy bills from April.
BBC Verify identified one vessel that took extreme measures to avoid detection and has been labelled by maritime experts as "the darkest of the dark fleet".
From BBC
TOKYO—Japan’s central bank held rates steady on Friday, avoiding a surprise that would have jolted markets already unnerved by fiscal anxiety.
China’s central bank set the strongest guidance rate for the yuan in almost three years, suggesting it will allow its currency to gradually appreciate even while trying to avoid hurting exporters.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
