scaping

verb

present participle of scape
as in avoiding
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery the queen has vowed that none of the traitors shall scape the gallows, be their station ever so high

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scaping
  1. avoiding
  2. evading
  3. escaping
Verb
  • Alternately, Senate leaders could wait to pass the bill until daylight saving time resumes next March, avoiding an awkward midwinter time jump.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • These guidelines address avoiding delays in pregnant women and discuss the safety to perform MRIs without contrast and CT scans with contrast.
    — Elyce Cardonick, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of avoiding
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  • Key Takeaways Anthropic used Claude to generate training datasets that made other AI models exhibit misaligned behavior while evading safety monitors.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Nvidia said that Megaspeed had already been investigated for evading export controls.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of evading
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  • Beneficiaries include people recovering from natural disasters, families traveling for medical care and survivors escaping domestic violence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Jaros and Rauh also try to account for the uncertainty over whether taxes can be collected from other billionaires, such as the ones who have left since the beginning of the year and may thus have a legal case for escaping the tax.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of escaping
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“Scaping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scaping. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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