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 free kick evaded Arsenal’s attackers, ending up in the net.
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Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
The drone had evaded Israeli air defenses by approaching Israel from its Mediterranean coast.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Except Montgomery, the Lions’ tough running back, bounced off his first would-be tackler and evaded several more in easily the game’s most improbable play.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Convicted and imprisoned in 2000, the plucky criminal escaped jail and then evaded capture by holing up for months in a Toys ‘r Us and Circuit City store in North Carolina.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
Jamie Barton, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
The drone had evaded Israeli air defenses by approaching Israel from its Mediterranean coast.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Except Montgomery, the Lions’ tough running back, bounced off his first would-be tackler and evaded several more in easily the game’s most improbable play.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Convicted and imprisoned in 2000, the plucky criminal escaped jail and then evaded capture by holing up for months in a Toys ‘r Us and Circuit City store in North Carolina.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Evaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaded. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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