avoid risk
Example Sentences
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Erebor plans to avoid risk from interest-rate fluctuations by investing in short-term Treasury securities and other highly liquid government bonds, according to the people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
This is the willingness to avoid risk by, for example, obtaining insurance.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
“Changing established systems and behaviors is never easy, but this is the choice we must make if we want to avoid risk tipping points,” the authors state.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2023
"While we await the outcome of investigations into this tragedy, this incident does... call on all of us to show due care and to avoid risk when we are out on our roads."
From Reuters ● Dec. 27, 2022
Tversky and Kahneman conclude that people tend to avoid risk when seeking gains, but choose risk to avoid losses.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
