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
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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Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
Russia intercepts most Ukrainian long-range drones but some have evaded Russian air defenses.
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Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
27 June 2026
So, too, did the question of how the alleged shooter evaded law enforcement.
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Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
The pursuit lasted around five minutes before the suspect successfully evaded officers.
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Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
California Highway Patrol arrested a Sacramento man who police say evaded arrest and stole a patrol car, the Sacramento Police Department announced Friday afternoon.
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Evelyn Ronan,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
For years, Heuermann evaded law enforcement despite the discovery of four of the victims' remains in 2010.
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Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Minions have now evaded Wendy's.
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Bianca Harris,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Despite being a major 20th-century modernist, Galentz’s canvases have long-evaded definitive categorization.
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The Editors Of Artnews,
ARTnews.com,
12 June 2026
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
Russia intercepts most Ukrainian long-range drones but some have evaded Russian air defenses.
—
Joanna Kakissis,
NPR,
27 June 2026
So, too, did the question of how the alleged shooter evaded law enforcement.
—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
The pursuit lasted around five minutes before the suspect successfully evaded officers.
—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2026
California Highway Patrol arrested a Sacramento man who police say evaded arrest and stole a patrol car, the Sacramento Police Department announced Friday afternoon.
—
Evelyn Ronan,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
For years, Heuermann evaded law enforcement despite the discovery of four of the victims' remains in 2010.
—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
Minions have now evaded Wendy's.
—
Bianca Harris,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Despite being a major 20th-century modernist, Galentz’s canvases have long-evaded definitive categorization.
—
The Editors Of Artnews,
ARTnews.com,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaded
Verb
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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.
Verb
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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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“Evaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaded. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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