Asians have traditionally avoided donating blood and organs due to social or religious misconceptions.

But high-tech workers elsewhere have traditionally avoided joining political parties, and that seems to be the case in New Hampshire.

She said that while the company had traditionally avoided layoffs, it might decide to reduce its staff now to prevent government regulations from eating profits.

Earlier this year he sank $5bn into Bank of America but has traditionally avoided technology investments on the basis he doesn't understand the industry.

Since the merger of the two categories in 1967, the Academy has traditionally avoided giving out the award to contemporary films.

Mortar carriers have traditionally avoided direct contact with the enemy.

Condom manufacturers have traditionally avoided direct conflict with the church.

Mr. Stack acknowledges that since men have traditionally avoided such occupations, some people question his motivation.

Only the driving force of the buzz bombs had brought her this far, into a place traditionally avoided by her kind.

Koreans have traditionally avoided adoption because of their culture's strong emphasis on ancestry and bloodlines.