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
Two Southwest Airlines jets recently had to take evasive action at Nashville International Airport after collision alarms sounded in the cockpit.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Both planes' Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems ordered the pilots to take evasive maneuvers.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Their conversation is evasive and threatening and pregnant with decades of secrets, some shared and some to be revealed over the next six hours.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Both planes' Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems ordered the pilots to take evasive maneuvers.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Their conversation is evasive and threatening and pregnant with decades of secrets, some shared and some to be revealed over the next six hours.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane.
—Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasive
elusive
Adjective
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The one big missing piece was seeing her team finally capture an elusive state championship.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the American West, access to a private ski resort has become one of the more elusive status markers in high-end real estate.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasive. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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