avoidance
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"For the avoidance of doubt, we accept that both Ms Campbell's evidence, as well as her conduct during the operation of the Charity, was entirely honest," they said.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“These vary widely, underscoring the importance of understanding local laws if probate avoidance is a priority. Even a single missed step can inadvertently trigger probate.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
When Starlink satellites need to shift position, they can do so autonomously, using an onboard propulsion system and avoidance software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
For space traffic management, autonomous navigation and onboard catalog updates could reduce dependence on ground-based tracking networks while improving collision avoidance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
There is so much to enjoy in the world; how foolish to waste even an hour of it hiding away in avoidance of pain.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
In worry exposure the person is told to set a daily time to purposefully seat in a "worry chair" and think repeatedly about the thoughts that are anxiety provoking without engaging in distractions or avoidances.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2016
Superstitions are not free—rituals and avoidances cost an animal in terms of energy or lost opportunities.
From US News ● Jun. 8, 2011
SOCRATES: They say that what the school of Philebus calls pleasures are all of them only avoidances of pain.
From Philebus by Benjamin Jowett
Here it is proposed intentionally to set up a galvanic couple to prevent corrosion; there, with the same object in view, the avoidances of galvanic action is counselled.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds
You have merely to drug it, you have merely to caress it with interminable platitudes, or else with the most uplifting avoidances of anything which happens to be unprintably rational.
From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by James Branch Cabell
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