Joseph Lancaster

A system of education, which would not gratify this disposition in any party, is requisite, in order to obviate the difficulty, and the reader will find a something said to that purpose in perusing this tract.

English Educator

Sam Altman

Technology magnifies differences, and it's been replacing or obviating jobs for a long time. But what happens as that case accelerates? I'm not one of these doomsayers who says, 'There will be no jobs.

American Businessman

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East.

Turkish Politician

Use 'obviate' to express making an issue unnecessary to deal with.

Problem Solving

'Obviate' implies taking action to prevent something before it becomes an issue.

Preemption

It often relates to avoiding future problems or needs.

Future oriented

 It makes you loopy; the deeper you go, the loopier you get. You don't want to drive drunk, you don't want to dive drunk. So that's a real big problem. And of course, the third problem is the one I found out the hard way in Palau, which is the bends. One thing I forgot to mention is that to obviate the problem of nitrogen narcosis -- all of those blue dots in our body --

Obviate

To avoid or stop something from being necessary.

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Preemption

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