as in avoids
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 evades
Like the Chinese government and most of its people, the movie evades mentions of the mass casualties after the pandemic restrictions were removed, therefore foregoing an opportunity to reflect on whether the deaths were preventable and what lessons might be learned.
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Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
For now, love evades understanding—which means that finding someone will remain, much of the time, a pain in the ass.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2025
Oh plays Eve, a deskbound MI-5 agent who longs to be a spy in the field, a dream that is soon realized when a mutual obsession develops between her and a sadistic, sociopathic assassin (Jodie Comer) who always evades capture.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
With the help of resourceful Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), Bourne evades capture from the CIA — namely data analyst Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) and Deputy Director Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) — while untangling his involvement in the deadly Operation Treadstone.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
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, 1 Sep. 2025
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, 4 Aug. 2025
However, the upper chamber has rules about what types of policies can be subject to this process, which evades the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 25 June 2025
Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
For now, love evades understanding—which means that finding someone will remain, much of the time, a pain in the ass.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2025
Oh plays Eve, a deskbound MI-5 agent who longs to be a spy in the field, a dream that is soon realized when a mutual obsession develops between her and a sadistic, sociopathic assassin (Jodie Comer) who always evades capture.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
With the help of resourceful Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente), Bourne evades capture from the CIA — namely data analyst Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) and Deputy Director Ward Abbott (Brian Cox) — while untangling his involvement in the deadly Operation Treadstone.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
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, 1 Sep. 2025
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, 4 Aug. 2025
However, the upper chamber has rules about what types of policies can be subject to this process, which evades the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 25 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evades
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And in recent years, Major League Baseball has been pushing the World Series later into the year as playoffs expand and the league avoids Sunday games so as not to overlap with the NFL.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The agent logs only essential identifiers, avoids storing raw sensor data, caps how much and how often information is recorded, and disables third-party analytics by default.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
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This partnership was designed to reach an urban audience that is culturally engaged in art, music and design, but still escapes to the park for a morning run.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
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Back in Europe, Savoie, France, is also seeing a bump in travel interest, drawing visitors to its alpine villages, ski towns and year-round mountain escapes.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Evades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evades. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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