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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoid triggering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one wants to prevent someone from experiencing a strong emotional reaction or distress.
Example: "When discussing sensitive topics, it's important to choose your words carefully to avoid triggering any negative emotions."
Alternatives: "prevent causing" or "steer clear of".
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This reticence may also be explained by wanting to avoid triggering "safe-searching" filters.
They avoid triggering local referendums because the increases are small in cash terms.
It had to do so before March to avoid triggering a technical default.
Some people take more drastic steps to avoid triggering a match on the database.
Prosecutors alleged that the men had divided big deposits into smaller chunks to avoid triggering that reporting requirement.
Capital gains taxes provide incentives to retain capital long past its "best before date" to avoid triggering tax penalties.
Last week Petrobras published it anyway, as it had to do before March to avoid triggering a technical default.
This was to avoid triggering a "change of control" clause that would have allowed BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, to buy Telewest's 50% of UKTV.
If it were otherwise, why insist on the fiction that the restructuring of private debt is "voluntary" simply to avoid triggering credit-default swaps?
This is because independent groups can avoid triggering matching funds to competing government-funded candidates only if they spend money opposing privately financed candidates.
González, the former record holder, agreed that it might be wise to avoid triggering "more instability" by forcing an abrupt management change at the national federation.
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