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Recent Examples of evasive All of this resulted in Car 63 having to brake heavily and take evasive action. Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 Mizuhara, however, had become increasingly evasive, going dark for weeks at a time. David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025 Good luck finding them In some instances, however, even the toughest digital privacy law cannot compete with evasive facial recognition companies operating overseas. Bobby Allyn, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025 Heavy surveillance backfires—leading to evasive behavior or shadow use. Hec Paris Insights, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evasive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasive
elusive
Adjective
  • News of a Tokyo Air Jordan 5 reissue first came about in May, with Jordan Brand confirming rumors that the elusive colorway would be returning.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Brown is the best vertical threat on the team and is also elusive when he’s used in the screen game or receives jet sweeps.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasive. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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