outflanks

present tense third-person singular of outflank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outflanks
Verb
  • Shifting key conversations to group settings builds alignment, avoids silos and saves time.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The new system avoids this brute-force approach.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Renewed sanctions may not deal much of an economic blow to Iran, especially if China evades them, but can be a potent political tool to stir fears of vulnerability and future military action, a Washington Institute expert argued.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There has been a lot of research into understanding how cancer evades the body’s immune system, and the ways that science might be able to get around that.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This high vibration exudes a magnetic, sexy confidence that eludes many younger women.
    Linsey Hughes, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Widespread distribution across the country eludes the liquid and it’s rarely mentioned in conversation with the usual suspects of scotch superstardom.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Laura escapes her grasp and submerges Cherry, which Daniel witnesses.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Although the shooting causes alarm and triggers police investigations, Serafina initially escapes direct consequences by going into hiding.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Laugh is the kind of rap mastery that shuns maximalism for pristine, unadorned poetics.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Instead of a tale of entrapment or escape, Ruth is a story about how a woman full of longing can operate inside a collective that shuns the very notion of wanting.
    Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There’s also a type of automatic called a continuously variable transmission (also known as a CVT) that eschews a set of gears for a pair of variable-width pulleys connected by a belt.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Romvari often eschews traditional point-of-view shots, and cinematographer Maya Bankovic complements that decision by favoring a long-lens shooting style with occasional zooms.
    Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Noah Cameron shakes off rocky 1st inning Sunday didn’t start well for Royals rookie starter Noah Cameron.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • One team member gets to see an object in a box, then the other team members have to guess what that person saw, using only facial expressions (no nods or head shakes) as clues.
    Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ahmed stars as Ash, an anonymous broker who dodges that Orwellian surveillance to help sketchy companies and whistleblowers come to an agreement.
    Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The iRobot Roomba Essential quietly cleans the floors, dodges furniture like it’s lived here forever, and empties itself when it’s done.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Outflanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outflanks. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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