The phrase "avoid stipulating" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone not to specify or detail certain conditions or terms in a discussion or agreement.
Example: "In negotiations, it is often wise to avoid stipulating exact terms until both parties have reached a mutual understanding."
Alternatives: "refrain from specifying" or "steer clear of detailing".
While seeking diversity in composers, Ms. Zwilich adamantly avoided stipulating just what constitutes an intermediate-level piano piece.
It would get rid of Basel III, and by insisting on 15 percent capital against all types of assets, it avoids stipulating which bank holdings are riskier than others.
Without prejudging the controversy, we can then simply avoid it by stipulating that, everywhere in our discussion, 'justice' and its cognates are to be understood specifically as social justice.
The order tries to avoid this problem by stipulating that the assistance should be unique to the specific iPhone and that access to its content may be performed by Apple at an Apple facility.
So when the architectural competition for a memorial to the victims was held, the guidelines stipulated that designs avoid representations of a "known person, living or dead," thus heading off at the pass any twenty-foot-high statues of firemen.
For Dancing with Death, Ásmundsson wants to avoid suicide, and additionally stipulates, "if they're dying of some disease and it's dangerous to be near the corpse maybe that's not a very good idea".
To avoid such occurrences, there are guidelines stipulating that GMO plants should be physically segregated from the closely related plants by a buffer zone that is sized proportionally to how far the pollen can travel; however, it must be considered that not all farmers will obey these guidelines, and some pollen can travel unexpectedly long distances via bees or other pollinators.
AVOID musicians who stipulate that they play 2 x 45 minute sets!
She stipulated that their adaptation avoid having the main characters consummate their relationship.
Many journals use precautions to avoid biased review from Ra, e.g., by stipulating that reviewers do not work in the same institution, have never published with them, etc.
