Definition of elusionnext

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Recent Examples of elusion We’re left to draw our own conclusions about that period, especially as the present-day Andrésen looks back on it here with more innuendo and elusion than frank remembrance. Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 Emphasizing defense, his boxing instructor prods him to master the art of elusion, of hitting without being hit. Gordon Marino, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elusion
Noun
  • If a third-party bug let your model escape, the story is that OpenAI shipped an eval without a fence while sitting on some of the most capable models on earth, and did not use them to audit your own dependencies.
    Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • In recent years, Afrofuturism, as Brent Staples noted in The New York Times, has grown considerably, aiming to write African Americans into a fantastical future built on salvation, tribulation, and futuristic escape.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • Jurors convicted him of one count of tax evasion, four counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, four counts of willfully failing to pay taxes and three counts of mortgage fraud.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • More specifically, how to know when convenience becomes evasion and why learning cannot be measured by the speed with which an assignment disappears.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Noun
  • Fortune‘s own reporting shows this resistance can escalate well past quiet avoidance into deliberate sabotage.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • Saturn stations retrograde in your 12th House of Solitude, asking you to review rest, avoidance, private fears, and the habits that either restore you or keep you quietly overloaded.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

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“Elusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elusion. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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