as in avoiding
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
people who use every loophole in the law to evade paying taxes
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Recent Examples of evading
Jones faces charges for property theft, money laundering and evading arrest, the release stated.
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Poole was arrested by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Unit on May 31, 2024, after spending months evading law enforcement.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
According to police, the evading vehicle was later located and the driver was taken into police custody.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2026
Jarvis then spent eight years evading the FBI in Paris, London and Ibiza, after an industrial sized hash-smuggling operation went wrong.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Each time authorities appeared close to capturing him, the wolf managed to slip away again, moving quickly through nearby areas and evading efforts to bring him back.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Many of their songs are about undocumented workers trying to make a living while evading immigration agents.
—Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Blunt and O’Connor crash through a farm house while evading government agents and later climb onto a speeding train.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
What Happens Next For now, Neukgu remains somewhere in the mountains near Daejeon, evading thermal drones and traps.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Poole was arrested by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Fugitive Unit on May 31, 2024, after spending months evading law enforcement.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
According to police, the evading vehicle was later located and the driver was taken into police custody.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2026
Jarvis then spent eight years evading the FBI in Paris, London and Ibiza, after an industrial sized hash-smuggling operation went wrong.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Each time authorities appeared close to capturing him, the wolf managed to slip away again, moving quickly through nearby areas and evading efforts to bring him back.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Many of their songs are about undocumented workers trying to make a living while evading immigration agents.
—Adrian Florido, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Blunt and O’Connor crash through a farm house while evading government agents and later climb onto a speeding train.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
What Happens Next For now, Neukgu remains somewhere in the mountains near Daejeon, evading thermal drones and traps.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evading
Verb
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Holland's not quite sure why so many in his generation are avoiding alcohol.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Nia has no interest at all in talking to them or even a strategy for avoiding them.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Together, these mechanisms prevent the battery’s active materials from degrading or from escaping across the membrane, thereby ensuring long-term stability.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors have charged the 26-year-old Talley with murder, attempted murder and escaping from police, among other charges.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Evading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evading. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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