Thesaurus results for EQUIVOCATES

equivocates

verb

present tense third-person singular of equivocate

as in weasels

to avoid giving a definite answer or position the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues

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Recent Examples of equivocates That’s 937 quarts…which equivocates to almost one ton per day. —

Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026 The question of who stands against this darkness — and who equivocates — will be determined by civilizational identity. —

Calev Myers, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026 Grijalva’s swearing-in has sparked a partisan furor on Capitol Hill, as Johnson equivocates on the timeline ahead and Democrats accuse him of delaying the ceremony for political reasons. —

Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025 For what seems like the first time, Casper equivocates. —

Gary Greenberg, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025

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shakes

Verb

This majestic sequence delivers a lifetime’s outpouring of love’s inadequacies and frustrations, of grief and regret, of gratitude along with candid acceptance of loss, and of self-questioning that never shakes the foundations of the family—her ferocious commitment to the children.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Jalen Brunson shakes free of a couple of defenders, including the Spurs' Victor Wembanyama, the league's Defensive Player of the Year, and catches the inbounds pass near midcourt.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026