The word "avoids" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when discussing avoiding something, for example: "He avoids crowded areas.".
Or Clerkenwell's Chifafa which avoids foam cartons and features ingredients such as high-welfare English veal.
The 26-year-old was stretchered from the match, with the Eagles hoping he avoids the same fate.
But almost everyone avoids handshakes when greeting friends and family, instead bumping elbows or moving a hand towards the heart.
Al-Shabaab avoids most direct confrontations with conventional armies.
Today, Miliband has made a popular pledge on education spending, taken a stance against tax avoidance – and been proved right, when Lord Fink backs down after telling a journalist that "everybody" avoids tax.
The Resolution Foundation avoids sketching out what the human implications of this consumer credit crunch might be, but they're not hard to infer: red-letter bills, forced sales of homes, and a rise in repossessions.
This is seen as a crunch conference, because it will lay out the world's response to climate change for decades to come, and could determine whether the world avoids the worst ravages of global warming, which are already being felt.
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