as in avoided
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 evaded
The Ravens would find the endzone once again with nine minutes left in regulation after Lamar Jackson evaded heavy pressure from Pittsburgh's front seven to find Zay Flowers for a 50-yard touchdown pass to reclaim the lead, 17-13.
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Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Out-of-state businesses that evaded city taxes by hiding city business income.
—Randall Fox, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
News of the high-speed crash in March, unlike previous incidents, evaded Beijing’s censors and spread widely.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 23 Dec. 2025
At the time, some members were arrested in connection with bombing plots, while others evaded authorities and remained fugitives for decades.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 Dec. 2025
Instead companies either evaded attention (like avoiding the eye of Sauron in LOTR), or openly courted favor by parading through the White House and giving the president golden baubles.
—Andrew Winston, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
Police said, officers responded and determined the motorcycle involved was the same one that had previously evaded police.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Dec. 2025
Seattle opened the second half with a scoring drive of its own as Walker evaded Rams defenders for a 55-yard rush to the house, giving his team a slim 14-13 lead early in the third.
—Frank Nunns Oconnell, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
Willis evaded many of the questions asked by Dolezal, slamming the committee and defending her decisions as district attorney.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaded
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The trio avoided politics because Patti's beliefs differed from Ronald and Nancy's conservative perspectives.—
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Some, especially those who deliberately avoided Amazon, said they should have been asked for their consent.—
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Bella escaped her family’s Houston, Texas, backyard on a rainy New Year's Eve in 2020.—
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The boyfriend and two of the girls died, but the youngest sister escaped.—
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“Evaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaded. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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