as in escape
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable
pleading chronic back pain is my standard evasion for doing any heavy lifting
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Recent Examples of evasion
The Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos player served time in federal prison for tax evasion charges in the early 1990s.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
All of this was happening against the backdrop of Ancelotti’s tax evasion case being heard in the Spanish courts.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 12 May 2025
African countries, for example, lose a combined total of about $90 billion every year to elite corruption, illicit capital flight, and tax evasion by multinational corporations.
—Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
Fare evasion doesn’t make someone a criminal, but someone who is comfortable breaking larger rules doesn’t sweat the smaller ones.
—David Garten, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
All of this was happening against the backdrop of Ancelotti’s tax evasion case being heard in the Spanish courts.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 12 May 2025
African countries, for example, lose a combined total of about $90 billion every year to elite corruption, illicit capital flight, and tax evasion by multinational corporations.
—Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
Fare evasion doesn’t make someone a criminal, but someone who is comfortable breaking larger rules doesn’t sweat the smaller ones.
—David Garten, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasion
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But in the third part of this book, entitled Escape, Dr Gee proposes a rather bizarre solution to our impending demise: establish colonies in space.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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Investigators agreed, according to an FBI case memo filed three days after the escape.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
11 May 2025
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Passive resonance avoidance: Because the stiffness can be switched without changing the equilibrium state, countersnapping can be used to automatically change the natural vibration frequency of a system.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
15 May 2025
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While a low-maintenance partner values independence and space without feeling disconnected, emotional avoidance can create a sense of detachment and distance, even during key moments.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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“Evasion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasion. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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