as in prevention
the act or practice of keeping something from happening
the averting of forest fires can be helped by the clearing of dry underbrush
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as in preventing
to keep from happening by taking action in advance
her careful planning averted disaster
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Recent Examples of averting
David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
In a future pandemic, that could mean saving 6 million lives globally and averting 91% of the kind of economic losses and disruptions to education that resulted from the last pandemic.
—Jano Costard, Fortune Europe, 16 Oct. 2024
Youth entrepreneurship can be a solution to averting the looming crisis of climate impact.
—Tony O. Elumelu, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Scientific American spoke with Andrews about the state-of-the-art in asteroid detection and deflection techniques, the worst-case scenarios and the reasons for optimism about averting disaster.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
At least Congress managed to pass a CR this year, which has not always been the case, averting a government shutdown while pushing budgetary decisions to after November’s election.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Instead of averting a partisan battle, the delay ignited one.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
In a future pandemic, that could mean saving 6 million lives globally and averting 91% of the kind of economic losses and disruptions to education that resulted from the last pandemic.
—Jano Costard, Fortune Europe, 16 Oct. 2024
Youth entrepreneurship can be a solution to averting the looming crisis of climate impact.
—Tony O. Elumelu, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Scientific American spoke with Andrews about the state-of-the-art in asteroid detection and deflection techniques, the worst-case scenarios and the reasons for optimism about averting disaster.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
At least Congress managed to pass a CR this year, which has not always been the case, averting a government shutdown while pushing budgetary decisions to after November’s election.
—Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Averting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/averting. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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