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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoid controversy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when advising someone to steer clear of contentious topics or situations that may provoke disagreement or debate.
Example: "In order to maintain a positive atmosphere during the meeting, it's best to avoid controversy and focus on common goals."
Alternatives: "steer clear of disputes" or "evade contentious issues.".
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Note, however, that for someone allegedly covering up his atheism to avoid controversy, Hobbes took the curious approach of saying many other intensely controversial things.
It is quite another to avoid controversy altogether.
He knew politics, literature and economics, but he also knew how to avoid controversy.
But if officials thought a new approach would avoid controversy, they have been disappointed.
This was a night that was streamlined to avoid controversy or criticism.
Part of his talent has been his ability to avoid controversy.
But to avoid controversy, she resigned her licence shortly after the end of the war.
Many companies put off restructuring plans during the election campaign, so as to avoid controversy.
No staging of Wagner's "Ring of the Nibelung" can avoid controversy.
Mr. Hollande tried to avoid controversy and avoid further division on the left.
The most unorthodox religious film of 2006 has surprisingly managed to avoid controversy.
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