The phrase "avoiding support" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the act of not seeking or accepting help or assistance.
Example: "In times of crisis, some individuals may find themselves avoiding support from friends and family."
Alternatives: "eschewing assistance" or "rejecting help".
Re the Personal Health column "Often, Time Beats Therapy for Treating Grief" (Jan . 27: My husband died about four months ago, and so far I have avoided support groups, bereavement groups and pill therapy.
But it will also enable more bad behavior in the process, by allowing the new government to avoid support from the International Monetary Fund, and thereby also avoid the painful but desperately needed spending reforms the I.M.F. was insisting on.
"Regulators should avoid support for measures that could have the perverse effect of prolonging cigarette consumption.
CVS Pay had become the first mobile payments solution the pharmacy chain adopted, after having purposefully avoided support for Apple Pay or any other rival NFC (tap to pay) technologies at its register.
Still, he says he avoids support fees, which can run in the tens of thousands of dollars annually, by leveraging the worldwide network of Linux developers on the Web.
Because health managers anticipate that development partners will avoid support for HRH incentive issues, they now rarely include them in their proposals to the global funding agencies.
Using a maternity pad will avoid support your chest and prevent any extra irritation to the nerve.
They should avoid supporting controversial policy agendas or corporate interests, or denouncing legitimate perspectives as "anti-science".
Former Representative Barney Frank, of Massachusetts, told me, "The best way to avoid supporting what is doable is to insist on making it un-doable.
But demand is the ultimate driver for change – vote with your dollar and avoid supporting animals used for entertainment when travelling.
