Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigThe phrase "aimed at forestalling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions or strategies intended to prevent something from happening.
Example: "The new policy was aimed at forestalling potential issues before they arose."
Alternatives: "intended to prevent" or "designed to avert".
Exact(7)
A sudden about-turn aimed at forestalling diplomatic isolation, said opponents.
Hewlett-Packard's indication that it will not issue a financial restatement clearly seems aimed at forestalling such an investigation by essentially claiming "there is nothing to see here".
At the same time, the Police Department's Intelligence Division has several hundred other detectives working separately, running a sweeping network of informants and collecting a mass of intelligence aimed at forestalling another attack in New York.
There was further wrangling over the eurozone's bailout fund for protecting the euro, and growing unease over the new eurozone fiscal pact aimed at forestalling a rerun of the debt crisis.
The $500 million in cuts, which come courtesy of the House Appropriations Committee chairman, Representative David Obey, a Democrat of Wisconsin, would help finance a $10 billion state aid package aimed at forestalling teacher layoffs.
In March 2003, Qatar hosted a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference aimed at forestalling the American invasion of Iraq, even as preparations for that invasion were taking place nearby at the American military base.
Similar(51)
These are extremely important findings, since more efficient management of State funds for education, aimed at avoiding early school leaving for example, could help forestall the difficulties such students would otherwise encounter in finding employment and thus prevent their eventual marginalisation [ 33].
The firm, based in McLean, Va., is being spun off from KPMG L.L.P., the Big Five accounting and consulting firm, as United States regulators, in an effort to forestall conflicts of interest,devise new guidelines aimed at limiting the scope of services that firms can offer to the same clients they serve as auditors.
The talks are aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the long-running crisis over Iran's nuclear aspirations, and forestalling an Israeli military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Throughout most of 1979 the Revolutionary Guards then an informal religious militia formed by Khomeini to forestall another CIA-backed coup as in the days of Mosaddeq engaged in similar activity, aimed at intimidating and repressing political groups not under control of the ruling Revolutionary Council and its sister Islamic Republican Party, both clerical organizations loyal to Khomeini.
Aimed at birth to 13kg.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com