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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoid listening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to refrain from paying attention to something, such as advice, noise, or distractions.
Example: "In order to focus on your work, you should avoid listening to background music that distracts you."
Alternatives: "steer clear of hearing" or "refrain from listening".
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Bell advises you avoid listening to those while you drive.
"It is a modern alibi to avoid listening," says Leader.
I always warn my students* to avoid listening to veteran hacks who talk about the golden age of journalism.
I avoid listening to the news first thing as it fills my head with the bad things happening in the world.
Suddenly, people who would cross the street to avoid listening to hip-hop were bringing rappers into their house, under the cover of Carey.
I later found out that I would've been hearing them more frequently if they hadn't muted the console just to avoid listening to the alarms".
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For months I had deliberately avoided listening.
Newsom even avoided listening to all other music in case it influenced hers.
When learning new roles, Mr. Shrader avoids listening to recordings until he has formed clear ideas of his own.
She avoided listening to any actual recordings, of, for instance, the Paul Winter Sextet giving the very first jazz concert at the White House, in 1962.
I have to say, I avoided listening to anything of Ed Sheeran's as long as humanly was possible when he first 'hit the scene'.
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