Obviating

Clearly, any treatment that makes patients with arthritis more comfortable and functional while obviating the need for surgery is beneficial, but more data is necessary before everyone starts hopping on a plane to Germany. ❋ Dr. Josh Dines (2012)

Job Insurance would be a mechanism for direct job creation that could self-finance through premiums (or a mix of premiums and other revenue sources), obviating the need for any further deficit spending. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stezaker swiftly grasped that the projected image might be used to make art, thus obviating the tedium of freehand drawing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

On a broad scale, the story of mobile technology obviating the need to install a nationwide fixed-line network is going to play itself out in sector after sector, country after country. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And I look forward to it being summarily cancelled, along with all of the rest of the poorly designed and executed Constellation elements, thus obviating any of your perceived problems of shifting Orion to another launch vehicle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The most consequential naval actions up to that point had been on the Great Lakes, where both sides built fleets from scratch, obviating British superiority. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)

While there are technical reasons why this makes some sense (mostly to make it easier to get things up and running), it contradicts the whole promise of obviating central control. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jesus becomes the Word incarnate; thus obviating the literal need for the text. ❋ David Shasha (2010)

His idea, he said, was to put donors directly in touch with recipients of their generosity, obviating the need for fundraising. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Establishing both a School or College and an Institute combines the advantages of both models while obviating the disadvantages of having just one," according to the ICT report. ❋ CU Independent (2011)

They can all be charged using the USB port of my Macbook, thereby obviating the need for extra chargers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If we sustain average growth in excess of 5% for the next decade, we would balance our budgets, obviating the need for a debt-ceiling debate. ❋ Emil W. Henry Jr. (2011)

By enmeshing the states in these regions in security alliances that it dominates and obviating their need to develop air and naval forces with global reach (ensuring, for instance, the safe flow of oil from the Persian Gulf), Washington has prevented potential great powers from pursuing autonomous and, so the thinking goes, possibly destabilizing policies. ❋ Unknown (2009)