as in avoiding
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 evading
The supine Republicans who now controlled both chambers of Congress gave him cover, while a decade of evading consequences lent his presidency an aura of near total impunity.
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Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
The local pedicab service, which was started in 2024 by Atticus Sloan and Mark Madden, offers an environmentally friendly, traffic-evading mode of transportation.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2026
Nipp was later charged in January 2014 for evading the police, while the two passengers were not seen again after the police chase and were determined to be missing.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 21 Feb. 2026
Malinin stuck a double loop instead of a quadruple, groupings of four now evading him at every turn.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Superior Court Judge Michael Gustafson sentenced Michael Larson, 41, to 12 years in prison, suspended after 4 ½, after his guilty plea earlier to charges of evading responsibility and forgery.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Folktales are filled with people fighting to survive in forests, steppes, and deserts, and evading and outwitting the wild beasts that dwell within them.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Bottega Veneta’s perfume holder makes sure your travel-sized scent never ever rolls around at the bottom of your bag, evading your grip hand again.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2026
He was also charged with evading arrest the same day.
—Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 25 Feb. 2026
The local pedicab service, which was started in 2024 by Atticus Sloan and Mark Madden, offers an environmentally friendly, traffic-evading mode of transportation.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2026
Nipp was later charged in January 2014 for evading the police, while the two passengers were not seen again after the police chase and were determined to be missing.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 21 Feb. 2026
Malinin stuck a double loop instead of a quadruple, groupings of four now evading him at every turn.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Superior Court Judge Michael Gustafson sentenced Michael Larson, 41, to 12 years in prison, suspended after 4 ½, after his guilty plea earlier to charges of evading responsibility and forgery.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Folktales are filled with people fighting to survive in forests, steppes, and deserts, and evading and outwitting the wild beasts that dwell within them.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Bottega Veneta’s perfume holder makes sure your travel-sized scent never ever rolls around at the bottom of your bag, evading your grip hand again.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2026
He was also charged with evading arrest the same day.
—Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evading
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But the woman avoiding his gaze was about to save his life.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
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According to iS Clinical, a small amount is best tapped along the eye area, avoiding the inner corners.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Some of his best friends and teammates have won Super Bowls the last two years after escaping the Giants.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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But such dreamy weather tends to draw visitors escaping snow and ice back home, so expect beaches to be busier and prices to be higher during this season.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Evading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evading. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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