as in evades
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
the millionaire had been eluding his fair share of taxes for years before getting caught
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Recent Examples of eludes
Widespread distribution across the country eludes the liquid and it’s rarely mentioned in conversation with the usual suspects of scotch superstardom.
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Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Deliver Me from Nowhere has an intimacy and immediacy that eludes most film biographies.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
The Four’s true archenemy, Richards’s scientific nemesis and mirror image Doctor Doom, is absent in First Steps but will appear in a sequel, giving the world’s largest entertainment machine another crack at the depth that often eludes it.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Deliver Me from Nowhere has an intimacy and immediacy that eludes most film biographies.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
The Four’s true archenemy, Richards’s scientific nemesis and mirror image Doctor Doom, is absent in First Steps but will appear in a sequel, giving the world’s largest entertainment machine another crack at the depth that often eludes it.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eludes
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Renewed sanctions may not deal much of an economic blow to Iran, especially if China evades them, but can be a potent political tool to stir fears of vulnerability and future military action, a Washington Institute expert argued.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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There has been a lot of research into understanding how cancer evades the body’s immune system, and the ways that science might be able to get around that.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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RoboBallet avoids this trap by learning general coordination rules rather than memorising specific cases.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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The first season of The Office was particularly unpleasant at times, with some of Michael’s most appalling behavior, and The Paper avoids this almost entirely.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Pete escapes into the snowy woods, but Lambert tracks him down and ties him up.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Kafka always escapes interpretation.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Eludes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eludes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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