to be avoided
Example Sentences
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As for your dinner: Anyone who minimizes your agency — whether it’s a friend or an acquaintance who is selling you something — is to be avoided.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
While Chinese suppliers used to be avoided because of concern about quality and performance, that is no longer the case, Simon said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
A staffer from lead contractor ECC asks for important property details: Are there septic tank lids or propane tanks that need to be avoided?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
“No storm was to be avoided because it appeared too large or too violent,” a senior analyst for that endeavor, the Thunderstorm Project, later said at a meeting of the National Weather Association.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
A grouchy badger was something to be avoided.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
