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The phrase "avoiding the question" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's response that does not directly address the issue or inquiry posed.
Example: "During the debate, the candidate was criticized for avoiding the question about their policy on healthcare."
Alternatives: "dodging the question" or "evading the question".
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He was avoiding the question".
You are avoiding the question.
"I'm not avoiding the question," she said.
"You guys don't, do you?" he said, avoiding the question.
QUESTION FROM TESSA: Mitt is avoiding the question.
Does it seem like I'm avoiding the question?
"It's probably not the answer you want from me right now, and I do not want to sound like I'm avoiding the question," Tassler said, avoiding the question.
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He spent most of the next two years studiously avoiding the question--skiing in Vail, sailing in Mexico--before hooking on as an assistant to an architect in Laguna Beach.
Politicians have long avoided the question.
He avoided the question, she said.
When May avoided the question, Corbyn gave the answer – £4.6bn.
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