as in elusive
hard to find, capture, or isolate
believers in Bigfoot have never quite explained how such a large creature can be so evasive
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Recent Examples of evasive
The huge amounts of space junk in orbit, ranging from nuts and bolts to rocket fairings and dead satellites, pose a serious hazard to satellites and the International Space Station, which has to regularly take evasive action to dodge space shrapnel, much of which is moving faster than a bullet.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Once deployed, the system rapidly determines where to search, how to configure its sensors, and how to respond when a submarine attempts evasive maneuvers such as zigzagging, going silent, or deploying decoys, the South China Morning Post reports.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Trumpian doublespeak is always evasive, even when accurate.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
All of this resulted in Car 63 having to brake heavily and take evasive action.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Once deployed, the system rapidly determines where to search, how to configure its sensors, and how to respond when a submarine attempts evasive maneuvers such as zigzagging, going silent, or deploying decoys, the South China Morning Post reports.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Trumpian doublespeak is always evasive, even when accurate.
—Chris Brennan, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
All of this resulted in Car 63 having to brake heavily and take evasive action.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasive
elusive
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Others raise concerns about the massive amount of electricity and content made by humans that the largest models consume, even as dramatic capability improvements have begun to seem elusive.—
NPR,
NPR,
21 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … LIZ PEEK – Democrat fury fuels 'No Kings' protests but endgame is elusive.—
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FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasive. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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