avoidance
Example Sentences
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In ecologically sensitive parts of the park, called “avoidance areas,” a “Natural Resource Advisor must be consulted during wildfire suppression planning and response.”
From Los Angeles Times
Wondering: Conflict avoidance is always worth a hard look, because in any form and for whatever reason, it sticks people with living life on other people’s terms, never their own.
From Washington Post
Perhaps not coincidentally, repealing the estate tax would complete the loop of tax avoidance for the wealthiest Americans.
From Salon
These protocols should be augmented with regular cleaning and disinfection, market rest days, avoidance of species mixing, and bans on overnight poultry holding—all proven to reduce circulating virus.
From Scientific American
As women that means that we end up having to do not just the de-escalation, but emotional labor of preempting avoidance.
From Salon
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