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
The ball fell to Ludmila, who evaded her defender and fired a shot toward goal, but the attempt sailed upward.
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Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Cheaply produced one-way Iranian attack drones have successfully evaded billion-dollar air defense systems.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2026
Most were arrested near the scene, but Song evaded capture for two weeks.
—Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Garcia-Espinal allegedly ran away as police were called and evaded police until last month.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Flick was asked about this at his press conference before Tuesday’s Champions League match against Newcastle United and evaded the subject.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Brady interjected that Snyder evaded the IRS for years.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Lewandowski evaded this ban by taking a role as a special government employee, limited by law to working no more than 130 days a year for the federal government.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
While most of Iran’s missiles and drones have been intercepted, six US service members were killed when an Iranian projectile evaded air defenses and struck a makeshift operations center at Kuwait’s Shuaiba port on Sunday.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
Cheaply produced one-way Iranian attack drones have successfully evaded billion-dollar air defense systems.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2026
Most were arrested near the scene, but Song evaded capture for two weeks.
—Sue Ambrose, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Garcia-Espinal allegedly ran away as police were called and evaded police until last month.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
Flick was asked about this at his press conference before Tuesday’s Champions League match against Newcastle United and evaded the subject.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Brady interjected that Snyder evaded the IRS for years.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Lewandowski evaded this ban by taking a role as a special government employee, limited by law to working no more than 130 days a year for the federal government.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
While most of Iran’s missiles and drones have been intercepted, six US service members were killed when an Iranian projectile evaded air defenses and struck a makeshift operations center at Kuwait’s Shuaiba port on Sunday.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaded
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China Tehran has largely avoided targeting ships linked to China.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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More practical encryption schemes avoided the need for in-person meetings but relied on unproven assumptions about the difficulty of certain math problems.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Mar. 2026
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Here’s the moment a British reporter from Russian state broadcaster RT narrowly escaped serious injury or death when an Israeli missile landed just meters away from his reporting position.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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Soft, airy curls escaped the braids on either side of her face and in the mid-lengths, adding a romantic, springy texture.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Evaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaded. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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