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as in circumvented
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
always trying to dodge the landlord's rule prohibiting pets
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as in evaded
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
dodged the horde of paparazzi by leaving through the service entrance
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Recent Examples of dodged
Newsom's counter proposal calls for a federal minimum tax rate on Americans worth more than $100 million, rather than a state level one-time 5% wealth tax that the governor argues could be dodged by billionaires who could leave the state for another.
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Juhi Doshi,
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Canada thus dodged a tougher opponent and a hostile environment.
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Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Posey dodged the team’s ongoing Pride Night controversy.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
The White House had previously dodged questions about the controversial post-game interview.
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Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Overall, Vance defended the administration’s record and dodged several of the co-hosts’ critiques.
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Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
White House communications director Steven Cheung dodged a question about Hokit’s comments at the fight, pivoting to praising the fighter.
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Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
Griffin dodged the question with a feeble joke.
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Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
By making the obvious choice of waiting until a new app is as good or better than the current app before killing the app’s predecessor, AcuRite may have dodged a bullet.
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Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
Juhi Doshi,
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Canada thus dodged a tougher opponent and a hostile environment.
—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Posey dodged the team’s ongoing Pride Night controversy.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
The White House had previously dodged questions about the controversial post-game interview.
—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Overall, Vance defended the administration’s record and dodged several of the co-hosts’ critiques.
—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
White House communications director Steven Cheung dodged a question about Hokit’s comments at the fight, pivoting to praising the fighter.
—
Sydney Topf,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
Griffin dodged the question with a feeble joke.
—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
By making the obvious choice of waiting until a new app is as good or better than the current app before killing the app’s predecessor, AcuRite may have dodged a bullet.
—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodged
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Collin Morikawa birdied 18 to catch Scheffler and ducked into the clubhouse at 20 under as the rains descended upon the TPC River Highlands.
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Soon enough, patrons figured out there was a movie star in their midst and began clamoring to meet him, so Damon ducked behind the bar to hide.
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In other words, if that water heater explodes, then the investor will be personally sued for negligence in not replacing it, and the liability shield of the real property company is thus circumvented.
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The clearance eases a confrontation that erupted two weeks ago when the government abruptly barred Anthropic from giving foreign nationals access to Mythos 5 and a related model, Fable 5, over fears that security guardrails could be circumvented.
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On the phone, my friend Monika is telling me about a lost dog in her Salt Lake City neighborhood, a blue heeler who’s been seen limping and has evaded capture.
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Russia intercepts most Ukrainian long-range drones but some have evaded Russian air defenses.
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Malepeai, her co-defendant Freddie Lee Davis III, and two others who avoided federal charges were identified by police as members of a robbery crew that committed violent purse snatchings around the Bay Area.
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After not being present for voluntary activities throughout the offseason, Pickens avoided a contract holdout situation and reported to The Star for the first time since the conclusion of the 2025 season.
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William Carney, a man who escaped slavery to become a Union soldier in the Civil War and who was awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the American flag from touching the ground during battle.
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Born enslaved in Maryland, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped to the North and emerged as the nation’s leading abolitionist and major literary political figure of his time.
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Their food might be the first mention in Talat’s many accolades, but their bar program can’t be ignored.
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Not only were the rules misapplied, according to an expert referee with years of elite experience, but similar plays during this tournament have been ignored.
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The ugly Not only did Kenley Jansen get bypassed for a save opportunity despite warming up in Yankee Stadium, he was not called on at the bottom of the tenth either.
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How long a prisoner has spent on death row does not appear to be a deciding factor; DeSantis has bypassed prisoners who committed their crimes as far back as the 1970s, scheduling the executions of men convicted of murders committed decades later.
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