The phrase "avoid branches" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is advising against taking certain paths or options, often in decision-making or programming scenarios.
Example: "To ensure a smooth workflow, it's best to avoid branches in your project plan that could lead to confusion."
Alternatives: "steer clear of branches" or "refrain from branches.".
We had to duck occasionally to avoid branches of myrtle and bay closing in overhead and, as we passed, grabbed a few bay leaves to crush in our hands -- an aromatic pick-me-up.
When choosing the stems to prune away, your objective is to space the remaining stems through the tree as evenly as possible, so that light and air can penetrate, ripen the fruit and avoid branches that might otherwise break under their fruit load.
In about 25% of cases, sampling took place at lower heights to avoid branch intersections and/or portions of the stem with scars or a strong leaning hence possible reaction wood.
For many of these code fragments, special care was taken to apply basic optimizations such as avoiding expensive operations, eliminating common subexpressions, avoiding branches, selecting the appropriate order in nested loops, using the appropriate compiler optimizations, etc.
In order to break up some long branches, avoid long-branch attraction and improve phylogenetic accuracy, it will be necessary to add more taxa, particularly the inclusion of certain key groups such as genera Nyctanassa, Gorsachius, and Syrigma, and more species in Nycticorax and Ardeola.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.08964 Image The branches on a starburst amacrine cell avoid other branches from the same cell (cyan), but not those of neighboring cells (pink) The idea that cell adhesion molecules regulate when and where connections form between different neurons has been in place for over 50 years (Sperry, 1963).
I took it as she was shuffling out, trying to avoid the branches.
Don't cut with the tip of the saw, and avoid cutting branches that could take down other ones nearby.
Nearly any other golfer would have tried to hit a low shot toward the pin to avoid the branches, but not Mickelson.
According to local paper the Swindon Advertiser, council chiefs believe they will find enough volunteers to avoid closing branches, "but have accepted there will need to be a 'rationalisation' of services if no one is found at a particular site".
Before you start digging, choose your site carefully: find a spot where you can reach a depth of at least 75cm, avoid overhanging branches, and ideally, site your pond to catch the last of the day's sun.
