The word 'obviating' is a correct and usable word in written English
The word 'obviating' is a verb that means to prevent or avoid something, often by taking action beforehand. It can be used in a formal or academic setting, as well as in everyday language. Example: The new safety measures were implemented with the goal of obviating any potential accidents on the construction site.
It says that South Korean films have attracted over 50% of box office takings over the past two years, obviating the need for a quota which requires locally produced films to be shown for 40% of the time.
It reused much of the technology that went into Chandrayaan, India's successful 2008 lunar mission, obviating the need for new space-worthiness tests.
But I see two plausible answers to that question when it comes to economic matters.One, a fully recovering economy will restore private and public balance sheets, erasing the divide between creditors and debtors and obviating the need for zero-sum austerity.
Smartphones and tablets are changing the market as people can now easily keep stored documents to hand, obviating the need to print.The anti-BobIn this section Politics this week Business this week KAL's cartoon ReprintsBarclays appointed Antony Jenkins as its new chief executive, after Bob Diamond's resignation because of the bank's role in the LIBOR rate-fixing scandal.
Dissenting Cambridge fellows nominated their own candidate, Michael Mansfield, a senior lawyer.In the event Lord Sainsbury, whose business and political connections mean he is well qualified to act as the university's figurehead, carried the day with 52% of the 5,558 votes cast, obviating the need for a second round of counting under the rules of the single transferable vote.
Firms such as PacifiCare offer more preventive services than Medicare and are more generous with prescription drugs, which pleases pensioners (who often spend thousands of dollars on pills) and can save money by obviating the need for surgery later on.
Dr Prausnitz hopes it might be feasible to send vaccines to people by post during an epidemic, obviating the need for them to go to a clinic.At the moment Dr Prausnitz's technique, like Dr Sievers's, has been tried only on animals, but it has such elegance and simplicity that if human trials are successful it could prove to be important in controlling influenza.
This method is particularly attractive for production runs of less than 100,000 a year, obviating the need for large numbers of huge presses to stamp out expensive floorpans.
That is one reason why Chugai Pharmaceutical, almost 90% of whose sales come from Japan, agreed in December to sell a majority stake to the Swiss-based Hoffman-La Roche.The pressure to emulate Chugai is increasing as foreign entrants invest in Japanese sales forces, obviating the need to pay distribution fees to local rivals.
JPMorgan Chase argues that the minimum standards will make it hold 45% more capital than it did during the crisis, obviating the need for extra padding.
Floating bollards are provided in deep locks; retained in wall recesses, they rise or fall with the vessel, obviating the need for continuous adjustment of the ropes.
