avoid a loss

The crop is often cut slightly green to avoid such loss.

The strategy has helped the fund to avoid large losses more recently.

"We want to avoid any possible unnecessary destruction and loss of life."

Humans are more likely to act to avoid loss than to achieve a gain.

In such a game, the winner is the only remaining player to have avoided loss.

To avoid more damage and loss of life, you are urged to cooperate with us.

We see too many investors who might have avoided trouble and losses if they had asked basic questions from the start.

There is no time to waste if we are to avoid massive loss of life.

Upon hearing that, Kim became hysterical but decided to stay for the time being to avoid loss of face.

The feet are pressed together to avoid loss of water-pressure.