as in avoided
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
people who use every loophole in the law to evade paying taxes
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Recent Examples of evaded
Many drones have been intercepted but videos on social media show that some have evaded air defenses and caused damage in nearby Gulf countries.
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 1 Mar. 2026
Sixty-five seconds after that, the Golden Knights made it 4-2 when a Smith backhand evaded Forsberg for his 10th of the season.
—Josh Gross, Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
The current crisis can yield the kind of far-reaching, lasting reform that has evaded the global aid regime since its inception.
—Time, 26 Feb. 2026
Most were arrested near the scene, but Song evaded capture for two weeks.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
For thousands of years, mathematicians evaded these hazards by agreeing that infinity is just a useful trick, not a valid mathematical entity.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 25 Feb. 2026
What emerged, Jackson told the court Thursday, was the portrait of a transient and calculating offender who operated across multiple states and evaded law enforcement for years.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
Throughout her husband's civil rights career, Jackie Jackson mostly evaded the limelight, but became more active in the media during Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
They wed secretly on September 21, 1996, holding an intimate ceremony on Georgia’s Cumberland Island that miraculously evaded press attention.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 1 Mar. 2026
Sixty-five seconds after that, the Golden Knights made it 4-2 when a Smith backhand evaded Forsberg for his 10th of the season.
—Josh Gross, Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
The current crisis can yield the kind of far-reaching, lasting reform that has evaded the global aid regime since its inception.
—Time, 26 Feb. 2026
Most were arrested near the scene, but Song evaded capture for two weeks.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
For thousands of years, mathematicians evaded these hazards by agreeing that infinity is just a useful trick, not a valid mathematical entity.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 25 Feb. 2026
What emerged, Jackson told the court Thursday, was the portrait of a transient and calculating offender who operated across multiple states and evaded law enforcement for years.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
Throughout her husband's civil rights career, Jackie Jackson mostly evaded the limelight, but became more active in the media during Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
They wed secretly on September 21, 1996, holding an intimate ceremony on Georgia’s Cumberland Island that miraculously evaded press attention.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaded
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Police on Saturday had reported that initial information suggested two people at the rear of the group had avoided the slide.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Maybe if Robinson had 31-inch arms the Dolphins wouldn’t have romanticized him so much, and avoided selecting him with the 21st overall pick.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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Ryan struck out Nolan Arenado and walked a batter but escaped the inning when Dalton Rushing threw the runner out trying to steal second base.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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My father and his immediate family escaped from Vienna to the United States on the eve of the outbreak of the war.—
Cary Lowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Evaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaded. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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