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as in fled
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time
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as in evaded
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment
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Recent Examples of escaped
Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
India escaped the scary moment unscathed.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
The actor escaped eviction following the public vote, which opted to evict the controversial conservative politician Michael Fabricant instead.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
The pilot escaped but the passengers couldn’t get out of their safety harnesses and drowned.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The other helicopter went into the Hudson River and sank while being maneuvered at a heliport, but the pilot escaped.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
For one thing, she was orphaned, with biologists hypothesizing that either her herd left the area or she had somehow been taken by humans to an area further inland and escaped.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
By the late 1860s, Crumpler had moved back to Boston with her second husband, Arthur Crumpler, who had escaped from slavery in Virginia during the Civil War.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Baccarin made her debut as Mickey in an April 2024 episode of Fire Country, in which a fire camp inmate escaped from Three Rock and Edgewater’s deputy sheriff was called to investigate.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
Anderson, who retired his first 10 batters, walked the bases loaded with one out in the fourth, but escaped the jam by striking out Jeremy Peña and getting Diaz to line out.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
India escaped the scary moment unscathed.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
The actor escaped eviction following the public vote, which opted to evict the controversial conservative politician Michael Fabricant instead.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
The pilot escaped but the passengers couldn’t get out of their safety harnesses and drowned.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The other helicopter went into the Hudson River and sank while being maneuvered at a heliport, but the pilot escaped.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
For one thing, she was orphaned, with biologists hypothesizing that either her herd left the area or she had somehow been taken by humans to an area further inland and escaped.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
By the late 1860s, Crumpler had moved back to Boston with her second husband, Arthur Crumpler, who had escaped from slavery in Virginia during the Civil War.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Baccarin made her debut as Mickey in an April 2024 episode of Fire Country, in which a fire camp inmate escaped from Three Rock and Edgewater’s deputy sheriff was called to investigate.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escaped
Adjective
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This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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But even with this extensive network, there still is a need for improvements to address data gaps and enhance the representation of different aquifers, both in confined and unconfined conditions.—
Claire Marks,
Austin American-Statesman,
27 Aug. 2024
Verb
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Acosta-Hernandez fled the vehicle on foot and officers established a perimeter.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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During the on-scene investigation, troopers learned that the alleged driver that fled the scene was Matthew Perez, 21, of West Haven.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2025
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But in life James resisted metaphor and evaded attention.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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DeAngelo evaded prosecution for years while committing a string of murders and rapes across the Golden State between 1974 and 1986, including two murders and nine kidnappings in Sacramento County alone.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Iconic examples abound, from Yves Saint Laurent’s Le Smoking to Armani’s loose takes that made trousers for women permissible evening attire.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2025
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In these, the enemy is not a standing army but various terrorist organizations and looser categories of hostiles, enmeshed in large civilian populations.—
Colin Jones,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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At best, this results in superficial engagement—teams may appear aligned on the surface but lack genuine buy-in as difficult conversations are avoided.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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And who has avoided injuries while the rest of the squad have struggled?—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Americans believe in fairness and compassion and Trump has been the opposite in his unbound eagerness to round up people.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Unlike regular magazines, Billboard Artist is a large-format, unbound conceptual edition where each page feels like a collectible poster.—
Billboard Korea,
Billboard,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Hopkins returned to the part twice — gleefully unrestrained in Hannibal (2001) and altogether too restrained in Red Dragon (2002).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Amid such unrestrained play, the mind seizes all the more fiercely onto recurring images.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Embracing undone beauty, great outerwear and proportions.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
2 Mar. 2025
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An elevated messy bun has the same undone look as your on-the-go style, just with more precision and prep.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Escaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escaped. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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