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as in fled
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time
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as in evaded
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment
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Recent Examples of escaped
Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
India escaped the scary moment unscathed.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
The actor escaped eviction following the public vote, which opted to evict the controversial conservative politician Michael Fabricant instead.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
The pilot escaped but the passengers couldn’t get out of their safety harnesses and drowned.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The other helicopter went into the Hudson River and sank while being maneuvered at a heliport, but the pilot escaped.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
For one thing, she was orphaned, with biologists hypothesizing that either her herd left the area or she had somehow been taken by humans to an area further inland and escaped.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
By the late 1860s, Crumpler had moved back to Boston with her second husband, Arthur Crumpler, who had escaped from slavery in Virginia during the Civil War.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Baccarin made her debut as Mickey in an April 2024 episode of Fire Country, in which a fire camp inmate escaped from Three Rock and Edgewater’s deputy sheriff was called to investigate.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Anderson, who retired his first 10 batters, walked the bases loaded with one out in the fourth, but escaped the jam by striking out Jeremy Peña and getting Diaz to line out.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
India escaped the scary moment unscathed.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
The actor escaped eviction following the public vote, which opted to evict the controversial conservative politician Michael Fabricant instead.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
The pilot escaped but the passengers couldn’t get out of their safety harnesses and drowned.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The other helicopter went into the Hudson River and sank while being maneuvered at a heliport, but the pilot escaped.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
For one thing, she was orphaned, with biologists hypothesizing that either her herd left the area or she had somehow been taken by humans to an area further inland and escaped.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
By the late 1860s, Crumpler had moved back to Boston with her second husband, Arthur Crumpler, who had escaped from slavery in Virginia during the Civil War.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Baccarin made her debut as Mickey in an April 2024 episode of Fire Country, in which a fire camp inmate escaped from Three Rock and Edgewater’s deputy sheriff was called to investigate.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escaped
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Acosta-Hernandez fled the vehicle on foot and officers established a perimeter.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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During the on-scene investigation, troopers learned that the alleged driver that fled the scene was Matthew Perez, 21, of West Haven.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
6 Mar. 2025
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But in life James resisted metaphor and evaded attention.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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DeAngelo evaded prosecution for years while committing a string of murders and rapes across the Golden State between 1974 and 1986, including two murders and nine kidnappings in Sacramento County alone.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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Another unconfined delegation that should be subject to judicial scrutiny is provided by the Civil Rights Restoration Act, passed by the Democrats over President Ronald Reagan’s veto, which established the government’s power to arbitrarily withhold funding from universities.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
1 June 2025
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This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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At best, this results in superficial engagement—teams may appear aligned on the surface but lack genuine buy-in as difficult conversations are avoided.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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And who has avoided injuries while the rest of the squad have struggled?—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Frank Lloyd Wright said that, and some of those loose objects were his own.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Drink kombucha with meals to improve digestion and prevent rapid blood sugar spikes, which can draw water into your intestines and cause loose stools.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Yet even as clients face existential troubles, the legal industry has remained strong, unbound by bull or bear markets.—
Liane Jackson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Back in 1835, another outsider, Alexis de Tocqueville, famously described Americans as uniquely unbound by tradition or group norms.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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In certain contexts, that unrestrained flattery might lead to psychological distress: In recent months, there have been growing reports of individuals experiencing AI psychosis, in which extensive conversations with chatbots may have amplified delusions.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
24 July 2025
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The manner of death was listed as accident (unrestrained passenger in car crash), the warrant affidavit said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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With indie-style music videos and unedited social media posts strongly resembling a MySpace or Tumblr profile from over a decade ago, Rae leans into an undone aesthetic.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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The choppy, layered hairstyle gives a messy, undone look that has tons of movement and delivers natural-looking volume.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
25 July 2025
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“Escaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escaped. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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