avoid
verb (used with object)
to keep away from; keep clear of; shun.
am avoiding
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present progressiveof avoid (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"I have seen multiple bear market cycles by now, so I am avoiding any knee-jerk reaction," said 23-year old Sumnesh Salodkar in Mumbai, whose crypto holdings are down but still in positive territory.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022
Despite my mother-in-law's initial insistence that we're all family, I am avoiding all "Get Out" adjacent situations now and forevermore.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021
I am definitely not having kids because I am avoiding something.
From Time ● May 14, 2015
I have no idea, but I hope it will be different because I am more mature and I am avoiding making political comments.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2013
I am avoiding their own names as much as possible, because they are almost unpronounceable in English or Interplanetarian.
From Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
