avert
verb (used with object)
to turn away or aside.
has averted
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present perfectof avert (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in downtown L.A., the union’s biggest employer, with more than 600 workers, reached a tentative deal June 28 and is the only hotel that has averted a strike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
The Federal Reserve is sticking with its fight against inflation, confident that a massive government intervention to stabilize the banking system has averted a crisis.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023
UK battery firm Britishvolt has averted collapse by securing additional funding for the business, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2022
The vaccine rollout, 1 year old this week, has averted about 1 million COVID-19 deaths and 10 million hospitalizations, according to a recent report by the Commonwealth Fund.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2021
Heaven has averted the blow that I feared; any other man but myself would think himself happy.
From Don Garcia of Navarre by Molière
