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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoided harm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions taken to prevent injury, damage, or negative consequences.
Example: "The safety measures implemented in the factory successfully avoided harm to the workers during the incident."
Alternatives: "prevented injury" or "mitigated damage".
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Patients avoided harm by huddling in the central corridors.
If he could show a jury how I might have avoided harm, and if the damages were substantial, he said, "I would sue you in a flash".
In all but one of the incidents, Ms Haynes avoided harm: the bright-orange potassium dichromate and the arsenic compound were easy to spot.
It also ruled that the defendant's use of trans fat was not "unfair" under California law because Simpson could have avoided harm by reading the Nutrition Facts label or choosing another brand.
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But avoiding harm is not the same thing as getting benefit.
"We were squatting in huts that others had evacuated, just to avoid harm from snakes".
One possible change would add a new exception for avoiding harm to children.
Penny Wong, in a powerful lecture, smashed the notion that the debate could avoid harm.
Those changes will need to be carefully supervised to avoid harm to patients.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany called for further negotiations to avoid harm to German exporters.
But avoiding harm to its own people is rarely a consideration for the government.
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