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
Ogles has attacked O’Connell repeatedly this year, claiming city government has assisted violent criminals in evading arrest by federal immigration enforcement.
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Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
After six months of barely evading capture, an escape plan was hatched that saw the soldier cross into Spain and eventual freedom.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Experts highlighted its clean aerodynamic profile and radar-evading shape, which suggest stealth characteristics comparable to leading US designs.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
In 2019, he and his wife Julie were indicted of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy after being accused of evading nearly $2 million in state taxes between 2008 and 2016.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2025
Earlier in August, Ansar Allah successfully tested the Sayyad naval cruise missile, a radar-evading, long-range weapon with an 800-kilometer reach.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
In the movie, the pair attend a baseball game with Ferris’ girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) while evading their high school principal (Jeffrey Jones), at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
And a land value tax discourages the sort of speculative investments that have helped turn the American dream of home ownership into an inflation-evading game of musical chairs.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
HijackLoader’s focus is to load malware onto your PC, evading Microsoft and other security that’s running, delivering and installing malware without you being warned.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
After six months of barely evading capture, an escape plan was hatched that saw the soldier cross into Spain and eventual freedom.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Experts highlighted its clean aerodynamic profile and radar-evading shape, which suggest stealth characteristics comparable to leading US designs.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
In 2019, he and his wife Julie were indicted of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy after being accused of evading nearly $2 million in state taxes between 2008 and 2016.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2025
Earlier in August, Ansar Allah successfully tested the Sayyad naval cruise missile, a radar-evading, long-range weapon with an 800-kilometer reach.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
In the movie, the pair attend a baseball game with Ferris’ girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) while evading their high school principal (Jeffrey Jones), at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
—Dan Heching, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
And a land value tax discourages the sort of speculative investments that have helped turn the American dream of home ownership into an inflation-evading game of musical chairs.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
HijackLoader’s focus is to load malware onto your PC, evading Microsoft and other security that’s running, delivering and installing malware without you being warned.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evading
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Holding the youths accountable and avoiding jail is not the program's only goal.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But avoiding these motions is another way for the wrist to weaken.—
Novant Health,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
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In this add on, a meteor lands on a volcanic island and so Kirby is left collecting shards of a shattered crystal and preventing an eerie presence from inside the rock from escaping.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The Story of Pearl Girl centers on a sharp, scrappy heroine (Zhao Lusi) who claws her way into high society after escaping a cruel pearl farm.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Evading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evading. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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