as in elusive
hard to find, capture, or isolate
believers in Bigfoot have never quite explained how such a large creature can be so evasive
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Recent Examples of evasive
The last two episodes give the first real indications that the show is capable of being smartly tricky with its structure and timeline, rather than just annoyingly evasive.
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
Ultimately, this could prevent them from performing evasive maneuvers, leading to a catastrophic Kessler Syndrome scenario.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
The fighter jets were lost due to malfunction, a friendly fire shootdown, and a defensive evasive maneuver, according to the Navy's investigation.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Then our hero traps and wounds a Night Fury, a uniquely evasive and dangerous breed of dragon, and winds up secretly befriending it.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
Ultimately, this could prevent them from performing evasive maneuvers, leading to a catastrophic Kessler Syndrome scenario.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
The fighter jets were lost due to malfunction, a friendly fire shootdown, and a defensive evasive maneuver, according to the Navy's investigation.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Then our hero traps and wounds a Night Fury, a uniquely evasive and dangerous breed of dragon, and winds up secretly befriending it.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasive
elusive
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The longer 2,100-day period was thought to be due to dust clouds, large convection cells on the star, magnetic activity or an elusive companion star always out of the optical reach of telescopes.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Hornets are once again seeking an elusive state championship after state runner-up finishes in 2022, 2023 and 2024 and a final-four loss last year.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasive. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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