parries

verb

present tense third-person singular of parry
as in evades

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parries
  1. evades
  2. avoids
  3. escapes
  4. eludes
  5. dodges
  6. shirks
Verb
  • Neither of those interpretations would be entirely invalid, exactly, and yet The Basics of Philosophy — ironically enough, given its title — mostly evades any such moral didacticism.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Journalists and negotiators follow up when someone evades the point.
    — Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of evades
Verb
  • If someone has expressed mild interest but repeatedly avoids taking a concrete next step, continuing to dedicate substantial resources to that opportunity can become expensive.
    — Brian Ferdinand, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The roommates’ construction paper method avoids that contact entirely, which is what sets their approach apart from most temporary wall treatments.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of avoids
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  • Google doesn’t assign CVE designations for V8 sandbox escapes.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • One player may receive a yellow card for two offences, while another escapes after committing many more.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of escapes
Verb
  • Max Mathews Everton With one week to go until the start of the season, a new right-back still eludes Everton.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Although Futterman adeptly surveys tennis’s stressors, the shape of the crisis that tennis faces, and its stakes, eludes him.
    — Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Definition of eludes
Verb
  • West Orange dodges a huge bullet as Hoban’s John Johnson drops a wide open pass that would’ve been an 80 yard touchdown.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The movie sees that trap coming and dodges it by the skin of its teeth.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of dodges
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  • The Buñuelian skeptic in me also shirks at Fried’s approving references to Diderot’s petite église invisible, the small hidden church whose members—painters, critics, curators, patrons—are the vision-gifted serious pursuers of art history.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Nick, desperate to return to the present, shirks the doting parents and brother who long to comfort him.
    — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 June 2026
Definition of shirks
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