as in secretiveness
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Recent Examples of evasiveness
This is an unnecessary evasiveness in the mid-2020s when everyone from Beyoncé to proud MAGA musicians occupy space on the same charts.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
Mamdani’s team has repeatedly cut short contentious public and press engagements, giving him a reputation for evasiveness.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Such evasiveness, in some ways, is almost a secondary concern.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
Mamdani’s team has repeatedly cut short contentious public and press engagements, giving him a reputation for evasiveness.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Such evasiveness, in some ways, is almost a secondary concern.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasiveness
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McCarthy is not the first Hollywood conservative to discuss the industry’s secretiveness over Republicanism.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But your art is very much that of indirection, Benjamin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Their plan for stealing it right out from under her involves everything from impersonating a Vanity Fair photographer to having Daniel crash the party with a big speech that’s a masterpiece of indirection.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Evasiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasiveness. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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