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avoid·able [əˈvɔɪdəbl̩] ADJ
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
Studies suggest that around 32% of cancer deaths may be avoidable by changes to the diet.
en.wikipedia.org Although problems such as the one described above can happen they are extremely rare and always avoidable.
en.wikipedia.org The water company said that they only required a small portion of the site and, if avoidable, they wouldn't even take that.
en.wikipedia.org The race officials then review the incident, and provide a verdict on whether the contact was avoidable.
en.wikipedia.org Death is theoretically avoidable (by means of repair), and sometimes even reversible.
en.wikipedia.org Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)
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hotho.de In the Federal Republic of Germany alone, the yearly expenses for avoidable corrosion damages were estimated at around 2 billion by the Federal Ministry for Research and development.
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Allein in der Bundesrepublik werden die jährlichen Aufwendungen für vermeidbare Korrosionsschäden vom Bundesministerium für Forschung und Entwicklung auf rund 2 Mrd. Euro geschätzt.
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www.giz.de Furthermore, they do not protect themselves effectively against avoidable diseases such as HIV or tuberculosis.
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Sie schützen sich zudem nicht wirksam vor vermeidbaren Krankheiten wie HIV oder Tuberkulose.
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www.oeko.de This means that approx. 40,000 tons of CO2 emissions caused within the scope of the event and which were not avoidable are compensated elsewhere.
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Das bedeutet, dass rund 40.000 Tonnen CO2-Emissionen, die im Rahmen der WM entstanden und nicht vermeidbar waren, an anderer Stelle kompensiert wurden.
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www.verbio.de However, not using bioethanol would mean that by 2020, at least 26 million tonnes of avoidable CO2 would continue to be emitted.
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Ein Verzicht auf Bioethanol würde bedeuten, dass bis 2020 mindestens 26 Millionen vermeidbare Tonnen CO2 weiter emittiert werden.
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www.mediadesk.uzh.ch Apart from the causation of cervical cancer through HPV infections and cancer of the liver through viral hepatitis, there is hardly a more comparably important, avoidable cause of tumours in human beings than smoking.
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Sir Richard Peto Neben der Verursachung von Cervix-Krebs durch HPV-Infektionen und Leberkrebs durch virale Hepatitis gibt es kaum eine vergleichbar wichtige, vermeidbare Ursache menschlicher Tumoren wie das Rauchen.
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