Avoiding and Passing

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Passing and avoiding are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead an adjective "Avoiding".

Nearby Words: avoid, avoided, avoidance, avoidable

Passing adjective - Lasting only for a short time.

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Avoiding and passing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoiding" instead an adjective "Passing".

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

Sand Is Water: The sandworms "swim" through sand by literally eating it and passing it through their system, avoiding most of the implausibilities of it.

Source: Literature / Dune
In the process he finds his father held captive in the Brunwald Castle, after passing through the mazelike corridors, fighting and avoiding guards.

Source: Video Game / Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Joss also made a point of avoiding this trope with Riley from Buffy, whose religious belief was mentioned exactly once, and in passing at that.

Source: Acceptable Religious Targets

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