as in avoids
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 evades
Panthalassa evades these regional regulatory and environmental obstacles by deploying autonomous computing nodes directly into deep water.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
And though bound together as one 10-county region, the Hudson Valley actively evades a uniform identity.
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Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
In March, the French navy seized an oil tanker in the Mediterranean that Macron said belonged to Russia’s shadow fleet, which comprises several hundred tankers through which Russia evades sanctions.
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Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
At one point, Griffin appears to lunge at Manetta, who evades him by ducking behind a column on the platform.
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Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
But even if Booker’s appearance evades the FCC’s scrutiny, the commission is closely watching TV talk programs, with The View in particular a subject of interest.
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Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
But how does one set out to write a biography about the creation of an author who not only can’t be reached, but actively evades the spotlight?
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Costa Beavin Pappas,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
The result is contrasting, suited for a composition that evades singular meaning.
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Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
And though bound together as one 10-county region, the Hudson Valley actively evades a uniform identity.
—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
In March, the French navy seized an oil tanker in the Mediterranean that Macron said belonged to Russia’s shadow fleet, which comprises several hundred tankers through which Russia evades sanctions.
—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
At one point, Griffin appears to lunge at Manetta, who evades him by ducking behind a column on the platform.
—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films.
—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
But even if Booker’s appearance evades the FCC’s scrutiny, the commission is closely watching TV talk programs, with The View in particular a subject of interest.
—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
But how does one set out to write a biography about the creation of an author who not only can’t be reached, but actively evades the spotlight?
—
Costa Beavin Pappas,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
The result is contrasting, suited for a composition that evades singular meaning.
—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evades
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New research has now demonstrated a simpler approach that avoids the ultrathin selective coatings traditionally considered essential for precise molecular separation.
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The decision avoids an election-year change in the voting rules and may bolster Democrats in the fall election.
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The highest technology will not be the one that escapes nature but the one that learns how to participate in its deepest creative computation.
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On clear, dry nights — like those across much of the interior West — that heat escapes very efficiently into space.
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