The phrase "avoid discovery" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one wishes to prevent something from being found out or revealed, often in legal or strategic discussions.
Example: "The company implemented new policies to avoid discovery of their trade secrets during the investigation."
Alternatives: "prevent detection" or "evade exposure".
This uncharacteristic restraint is also part of HP's plan to avoid discovery".
To avoid discovery, fraudsters often disguise themselves as honest members by imitating normal trading behaviors.
Still, he took great pains to avoid discovery, and he worried that, were he caught, he could be charged with a crime.
It would appear that Petraeus and his hagiographer-turned-running-mate-turned-mistress, Paula Broadwell, took precautions to avoid discovery of their relationship.
Mr. Navasky knew that his possession of the manuscript was not authorized, and that the manuscript must be returned quickly to his "source" to avoid discovery.
"To avoid discovery I stay on the run," says the narrator at the beginning and near the end of Jeanette Winterson's seventh novel, adding, "To discover things for myself, I stay on the run".
To avoid "discoveries" of this kind, various transformations have been proposed, for example the relative expression of Liao and Zhang [ 2]: if x A ij is the absolute expression level of gene i in tissue j then the relative expression x R ij of gene i is x R i j = x A i j / ∑ j = 1 n x A i j, where n is the number of tissues.
On 3 April 1809, Niémen laden with provisions and naval stores for Isle de France sailed from Brest, passing through the rocky passages that sheltered the port during the night and thus avoiding discovery by the regular Inshore Squadron.
However, people of Chinese origin who self-harmed in our study did not differ significantly from White people in the likelihood of leaving suicide notes, avoiding discovery, or being premeditated, which were all indicators of planned suicide or low impulsivity, and therefore whether self-harming behaviours in people of Chinese origin are more impulsive needs further research.
The Guardian understands that the party has ensured the limestone hulk is kept under lock and key, to avoid any discovery which might cause further embarrassment.
Contreras added: "The fact should not be ignored that the dictatorship, in order to avoid the discovery of thousands of crimes, hid bodies, changed the locations of remains, buried others in their place, threw bodies into the sea, burned others".
