The phrase "a tool to avoid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing methods or strategies that help prevent certain outcomes or behaviors.
Example: "Implementing this software serves as a tool to avoid data breaches in our system."
Alternatives: "a means to prevent" or "a method to evade".
But at the county board, Ms. Preckwinkle has not ruled them out as a tool to avoid layoffs.
I had fallen into the trap of assuming that practice was a tool to avoid disasters, as opposed to a way to maximize positive outcomes.
E-bike makers say that some of the stigma surrounding the bikes — critics see them as a tool to avoid actual exercise — has faded.
Dr. Welner's 205-page report quoted a hospital employee who described how Mr. Mitchell had talked about his refusal to cooperate in court — often singing at the top of his lungs — as a tool to avoid prosecution.
Long residence times can counterbalance unfavorable pharmacokinetic parameters, contributing to compound safety, and short residence times can be a tool to avoid target related side effects.
The key to robust design is the application of computer simulations, which is used to as a tool to avoid detectable loopholes in the market.
If you travel a lot, this is a great tool to avoid fees.
Early recognition of patients who will not develop DIC with a new score would be a valuable tool to avoid inappropriate antithrombin or thrombomodulin therapy.
Linked to these, a controversial new Infrastructure Planning Commission has been created to fast-track major projects – a vital tool to avoid unnecessary and bureaucratic delay says the Government; a potential threat to local democracy according to critics.
Seeking a seriodiagnostic tool to avoid infection, Kirchhoff and technician Keiko Otsu developed a simple, accurate test using recombinant DNA technology.
Contrary to the classical control aiming at maintaining the greenhouse air at a relative humidity set point, the considered device is designed as a preventive tool to avoid condensation on the crop and limit the energy consumption.
