The phrase "avoid a controversy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the intention to steer clear of disputes or disagreements on a particular topic.
Example: "In order to maintain a harmonious workplace, it's best to avoid a controversy during team meetings."
Alternatives: "steer clear of a dispute" or "prevent a disagreement".
"The school board was trying to avoid a controversy by silencing a controversial minority, and now the A.C.L.U. is making the same mistake".
"I just stay in my lane," Fox said, trying to avoid a controversy.
It may be that Speaker John Boehner wants to avoid a controversy heading toward November that shifts focus from the economy.
They come under pressure to sack friends and allies to avoid a controversy dominating media headlines day after day.
Let us not, therefore, rush to judgment, or even take refuge in this wonderful breakthrough to avoid a controversy that has been created for political purposes.
But ABC, part of the Walt Disney Company, has taken steps to avoid a similar controversy.
Meanwhile, Philadelphia tries to avoid a quarterback controversy by bringing in yet another quarterback — which may only make the counterfactuals more complicated.
It may be suspected that the low estate to which Prohibition had fallen and a desire to avoid a diplomatic controversy should the seizure at issue have been upheld influenced the Court's decision.
While hoping to avoid a quarterback controversy, Jets Coach Bill Parcells named Vinny Testaverde today as the starter over Glenn Foley for the pivotal game against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Giants Stadium.
And while Boeing said the Japanese decision not to invest was purely economic, Richard J. Samuels, director of the Japan Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he believed that the Japanese had wanted to avoid a new controversy after the strife generated by Japanese-American collaboration on the FSX, a next-generation fighter jet for the Japanese military.
If Adelstein and company avoid a similar whitewashing controversy, there's still a minefield of technical challenges that come from adapting anime to live action, and a series into a single film.
