The phrase "are reported to avoid" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing behaviors or actions that are commonly observed or stated in reports, particularly in a formal or academic context.
Example: "In recent studies, certain species are reported to avoid areas with high levels of pollution."
Alternatives: "are said to evade" or "are noted to steer clear of".
Where spear-fishing is intense, both target and non-target fish are reported to avoid humans.
Multivariate test statistics are reported to avoid problems due to violations of sphericity.
Moreover trainers are reported to avoid 'negative' feedback [ 41 ], as students do not perceive feedback 'free of emotions', but may add a connotation such as 'this person does not like me' [ 42 ].
Only days with more than 18 h (or 75%) of valid data were reported to avoid biased emission calculation.
Specifically, anionic polymeric carriers were reported to avoid aggregation with negatively charged serum proteins and erythrocytes, which overcame serum inhibitory effects [15].
Median CV of six individuals tested for 80 allergens each where the mean of the replicates was >0.5 were reported to avoid skews to the data when there were small differences among low values.
Inclusion of adjusted and unadjusted data is reported to avoid the biases discussed by Altman [ 21].
When misoprostol was administered rectally in a group of 10 patients [ 17], it was reported to avoid MRP in 7 patients and to reduce blood loss.
In contrast, the other participating FMs were seen avoiding, or were reported to avoid, addressing relationship problems between staff and clients or amongst staff members, sometimes because they wanted to maintain relationships with colleagues.
More than one-third of breast surgeons have been reported to avoid SSM and IBR because of concerns over oncological safety or uncertainty of the benefits or indications [ 2].
Second, pinwheel centers have been reported to avoid binocular regions (the boundaries between regions of equal ocular dominance), with a tendency to be located at the center of columns (Hübener et al. 1997; Obermayer and Blasdel 1993; Bartfeld and Grinvald 1992).
