Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avail.(verb)
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Use "avails" in a sentence
"A knowledge of the philosophy of education in expression avails little without the ability to create the genial atmosphere conducive to the development of the student."
"Brief press "avails" on the plane will be useless, unless reporters ask open-ended queries designed to elicit proof of real knowledge."
"The back-to-back "avails" were show-stopping scenes in a play now enthralling New York: a saga of sex, power and disease, with echoes of Aeschylus and "As the World Turns.""