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"avoid the question" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that someone has not directly responded to a query. For example, "When asked why he had left early, he avoided the question and refused to give an answer."
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But I don't want to avoid the question, either.
It's unlikely that Warner can simply avoid the question.
All he does are question times and statements, in which he can always avoid the question.
A cool system would avoid the question but would allow water in almost immediately.
We tried to avoid the question of where we were sleeping.
But you can't avoid the question of my husband's death," she told the Guardian on Friday.
The chagrined ex-president tried to avoid the question at first.
Meanwhile, government ministers continue to avoid the question of what higher education is actually for.
If constraint of some sort is impossible to avoid, the question is: which constraint, when, where?
When people ask who my father is I avoid the question.
Predictably, the room then filled with the chortles of MPs delighted to see him squirming to avoid the question.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com