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- noun Plural form of
avoidance .
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Examples
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Those in middle childhood up to 12 years old often act out more symptoms, exhibiting aggressive behaviors or anger, avoidances, and some challenges in returning to everyday routines such as school.
William Spear: Helping Kids In Japan: A Guide On Trauma For Caregivers And Volunteers Working With Children William Spear 2011
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One of the other food-avoidances that our pediatrician mentioned was ‘no honey before 1 year,’ due to botulism risk.
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“It cannot be disputed that the general principle underlying all these regulations and avoidances,” writes the Viennese doctor of the sexual taboos, “is a dread of woman.”
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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“It cannot be disputed that the general principle underlying all these regulations and avoidances,” writes the Viennese doctor of the sexual taboos, “is a dread of woman.”
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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(See the above …) But there are times and places for its uses, and its avoidances.
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Those in middle childhood up to 12 years old often act out more symptoms, exhibiting aggressive behaviors or anger, avoidances, and some challenges in returning to everyday routines such as school.
William Spear: Helping Kids In Japan: A Guide On Trauma For Caregivers And Volunteers Working With Children William Spear 2011
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But there are times and places for its uses, and its avoidances.
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It makes their avoidances human and transforms them from stylized literary figures to recognizable people who distract themselves with endless errands or small talk rather than confront the facts of heartbreak.
The Quotidian of Love Sam Sacks 2010
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As a lifelong slacker of exemplary proportions, I can only say that I see in McCain's strategy some of my own youthful obfuscations and avoidances.
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As always, Freeland is at his best when flirting with despair, with regretted deeds and more regrettable avoidances.
EROS & (FILL IN THE BLANK) by CHARLES FREELAND EILEEN 2009
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