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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
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Residents in the region say they have been targeted by a coalition led by an escaped prisoner who had been condemned to life in prison before escaping.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
His car was found on the Turkey Creek Bridge near Denver, where he had been abducted by an escaped murderer, Joseph Corbett, looking for a quick get-rich scheme.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, pleaded with President Lincoln to allow Blacks to be able to join the Union.
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Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
An ambush at a Boise hospital left three Department of Correction officers with gunshot wounds and two suspects, including an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the scene.
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Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
Her grandfather was an escaped slave from Missouri who made his way to Grinnell via the Underground Railroad in 1859 and established himself there as a barber, according to historical records cited by the Drake Community Library.
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Nick El Hajj,
Des Moines Register,
5 Jan. 2026
When an escaped Eleven finds her way to a diner (the image of a bald Brown in a hospital gown shoving fries into her mouth is indelible), Brenner’s team impersonates social services, kills the kind proprietor, but fails to apprehend her.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
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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Melia Patria,
ABC News,
4 July 2026
By 1993, American Girl had added the Colonial-era Felicity and Addy, who escaped slavery during the Civil War.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
The test scores, which are counted on a scale out of 100 points, never escaped the 60s, according to multiple insiders.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
Even the celebrations themselves have not quite escaped the divide.
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Steven Sloan,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
As fans of the franchise may remember, Moriarty battled Enola and Sherlock in the second movie but escaped from police.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
The legal profession has appropriately never escaped criticism.
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Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Emilio Buitrago, who was born in Venezuela but moved to Philadelphia in the 1990s, says his cousin narrowly escaped her apartment building during the earthquakes.
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Raymond Strickland,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Adjective
Before the successful capture, the Galahad SPCA said it had been asked not to capture the escaped marsupial or otherwise intervene.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Stitch centers on a lonely girl who befriends a blue puppy that turns out to be an escaped alien engineered to be a weapon of mass destruction.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Residents in the region say they have been targeted by a coalition led by an escaped prisoner who had been condemned to life in prison before escaping.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
His car was found on the Turkey Creek Bridge near Denver, where he had been abducted by an escaped murderer, Joseph Corbett, looking for a quick get-rich scheme.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026
Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, pleaded with President Lincoln to allow Blacks to be able to join the Union.
—
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
An ambush at a Boise hospital left three Department of Correction officers with gunshot wounds and two suspects, including an escaped prisoner, fleeing from the scene.
—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
Her grandfather was an escaped slave from Missouri who made his way to Grinnell via the Underground Railroad in 1859 and established himself there as a barber, according to historical records cited by the Drake Community Library.
—
Nick El Hajj,
Des Moines Register,
5 Jan. 2026
When an escaped Eleven finds her way to a diner (the image of a bald Brown in a hospital gown shoving fries into her mouth is indelible), Brenner’s team impersonates social services, kills the kind proprietor, but fails to apprehend her.
—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Verb
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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Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
4 July 2026
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.
—
Melia Patria,
ABC News,
4 July 2026
By 1993, American Girl had added the Colonial-era Felicity and Addy, who escaped slavery during the Civil War.
—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
The test scores, which are counted on a scale out of 100 points, never escaped the 60s, according to multiple insiders.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
Even the celebrations themselves have not quite escaped the divide.
—
Steven Sloan,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
As fans of the franchise may remember, Moriarty battled Enola and Sherlock in the second movie but escaped from police.
—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
2 July 2026
The legal profession has appropriately never escaped criticism.
—
Joseph Andrew,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Emilio Buitrago, who was born in Venezuela but moved to Philadelphia in the 1990s, says his cousin narrowly escaped her apartment building during the earthquakes.
—
Raymond Strickland,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escaped
Adjective
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Diving for loose balls, boxing out, guarding whoever Steve Kerr told him to, and occasionally making a basket.
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Tempers flared late in the fourth quarter when Kings center Dylan Cardwell and Nets guard Egor Demin wrestled for a loose ball.
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In March 2024, Rice was involved in a high-speed multi-vehicle crash in Dallas, then fled the scene.
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The number of animals in his care has multiplied since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, as hundreds of thousands of southern Lebanon residents fled and were unable to take their pets or farm animals.
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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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With Worthy back, the Chiefs offense suddenly seems unbound as well.
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Ideas flow when the body is occupied but the mind is unbound.
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Indeed, the folks in Akron, Amherst and Monroe, among other locales, have long awaited the winds of change, which have avoided blowing out the stale air caused by chronic losing.
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Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo avoided a suspension for the start of this year’s tournament after a foul during a World Cup qualifier match.
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America’s 250th has unleashed flashbacks to the Bicentennial, a buildup to July 4, 1976, awash in corporate patriotic branding, a flood of variety specials and a very memorable version of Schoolhouse Rock.
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Restraint of animals Simply put, allowing unleashed animals to leave the property is a violation of Charlotte’s restraint of animals ordinance.
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During the limited time the media could observe training, Pulisic looked to be unrestrained and moving freely.
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Alessi is unrestrained joy in tabletop form.
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While Salomon sneakers are, in part, known for their shoelaces that never come untied, this pair doesn’t have any at all.
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Grandaddy, unbeaten and untied and still heavyweight champion of the college football world.
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“Escaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escaped. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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