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Sidney Hillman, labor half of the late Knudsenhillman, announcing his retirement from Government service, proudly reassured the country that his farsighted 1940-41 training program had obviated the danger.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been much impressed with the evils of the former system, which his liberality had obviated for his own crews.

From The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth by Osler, Edward

But M. Dolland, an optician, reflecting that the very same difficulty must have presented itself to the Maker of the eye, determined to ascertain how he had obviated it.

From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Patterson, Robert

But there was not a sound; the rubber cushion had obviated that.

From The Wolf's Long Howl by Waterloo, Stanley

It was noon, and the sun was shining in full splendour, much to the annoyance of Mr Flosky, who had obviated the inconvenience by closing the shutters, and drawing the window-curtains.

From Nightmare Abbey by Peacock, Thomas Love