As it rained, we all held large paper bags over our heads to obviate the need to return to the hairdresser. From LearnThat.org.
Edit: In a (rare) moment of self-doubt I looked up 'obviate' wondering if it's one of those words I've either misheard or used incorrectly. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
D. Cockey, to obviate confounding him with some other T. From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
Some contractors advocate tamping the mortar coat to obviate this danger. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
Most psychiatrists nonetheless argue that doesn't obviate the need to try. From Wordnik.com. [The Incorrigibles] Reference
A big downdraft in stocks, or an upswing, can obviate the effect entirely. From Wordnik.com. [Electronic Arts, Down for the 'Pin'? Possibly] Reference
To obviate this a screen has been placed on the landward side of the lantern. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornwall Coast] Reference
These obviate the necessity of covering up the ponds during the first stages. From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Fish Culture] Reference
Various contrivances were resorted to in order to obviate these difficulties. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
To obviate this objection various forms of removable "heads" have been devised. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
If possible, the stoves should have high ovens, to obviate the necessity of stooping. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference
To obviate the deficiency, pack mules were hired, with Mexicans to pack and drive them. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The anatomical form of the cranium is such as to obviate a frequent liability to fracture. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
To obviate this, drop glycerin in the ear which absorbs water, and will thus shrivel the seed. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
To obviate slipping, some have "cup points," that is, with a concave tip, and some spur points. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
But this custom did not wholly obviate the difficulty, as the guano in even one cargo might differ. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Most houses try to obviate it in so far as possible by hiring only the kind of people they want to keep. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
The fact that ethnic cleansing is repugnant does not obviate the need to devise the most appropriate response. From Wordnik.com. [New World Disorder] Reference
This view might seem to obviate the need of a political party, but Mr. Haywood does not regard it in that light. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
But it would be wrong not to underline one or two points in this connection, if only to obviate misunderstanding. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
He drew the line at viability-hardly a perfect boundary-but the difficulty of drawing lines doesn't obviate the need to. From Wordnik.com. [Is Roe Good Law?] Reference
To obviate this, some performers use a wheel made for the purpose, which materially shortens the length of the operation. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
The shelves may be covered with white oil-cloth or brown paper, in order to obviate the necessity for frequent scrubbing. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
But flood conditions reappear every spring in some noticeable way, and my plan would obviate most of the resulting damage. From Wordnik.com. [The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado] Reference
It has been introduced, no doubt, with a laudable desire to obviate the uncertainty at present attending irregular marriages. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
To obviate this risk the fluid should, if possible, be filtered through sterile filter paper before filling into the syringe. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
To obviate these inconveniences chemists have invented more or less perfect preservative fluids, the oldest perhaps of which is. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
This was, of course, to obviate the chance that some other person nearby might be reading it, or might have read it in the past. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
The best way, therefore, to obviate such pressure is for the patient to lie down a great part of each day either on a bed or a sofa. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
When the discharge from the outer ear is observed, the destruction has already taken place, and it is too late to obviate the injury. From Wordnik.com. [Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms] Reference
To obviate all these difficulties and disagreeable effects, a totally distinct method of dressing skins has been devised, which is called. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
It would at once obviate the confusion of sentiment now held in regard to it and besides arrest the decision in test cases from mere caprice of the tribunal. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
But that does not obviate the need for core beliefs-intuitively understood by the public and workable in practice-to inform and constrain government policies. From Wordnik.com. [Original Sin Remembered] Reference
He predicted joblessness would continue for some time, as companies outsource work and invest in technology that will ultimately obviate the need for workers. From Wordnik.com. [Dow Tumbles 1.4% on Reignited Recession Worry] Reference
In this way, the world would acknowledge that the Palestinians have indeed suffered a historic injustice, but obviate the need for Israel to bear full responsibility. From Wordnik.com. [A Plan of Attack For Peace] Reference
The AK Party has the necessary 60 percent of assembly votes to bring constitutional changes to a referendum, but not the 65 percent required to obviate this time-consuming step. From Wordnik.com. [Call It a Coup] Reference
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