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The results of the present article further develop the study by \textit{A. V. Kazhikhov} in [The Navier-Stokes equation: Theory and numerical methods, Marcel Dekker, New York, Lect. Notes Pure Appl. Math. 223, 197-204 (2002; Zbl 0990.46017)]. The author first proves that it is possible to approximate (in a strong sense) the weak limit of a sequence of functions in the Orlicz function space \(L_M(\Omega)\) by a subsequence of averaged functions with a radius of averaging which vanishes sufficiently slowly. These approximations are important from the viewpoint of applications to the Navier-Stokes equations. The rest of the article is devoted to constructing a weak solution to the initial-boundary problem for the Navier--Stokes equations. It is shown that the use of a subsequence of averaged functions enables one to prove the strong convergence of approximate solutions in the space \(L^2(0,T;W^{1,2}(\Omega'))\cap L^p(0,T;L^2(\Omega'))\), \(p\in [1,\infty)\), where \(\Omega' \subset \Omega\), \(\Omega \subset \mathbb R^3\). The author explains the sense of the solution obtained.