as in elusive
hard to find, capture, or isolate
believers in Bigfoot have never quite explained how such a large creature can be so evasive
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Recent Examples of evasive
These weapons would enable rapid global strikes within hours, thanks to their high velocity and evasive maneuvers, which challenge current interception systems.
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
This question, which references concepts from Maas’s book worlds, received the most evasive response of the entire segment.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Most are evasive, a few are obsequious, many are defiant, a few are enraged, and all appear to feel their lives slipping away under the seemingly boundless force of judicial inquisition.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
And Rubio was evasive when asked about Moscow and Beijing in the brief question-and-answer session.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 Mar. 2026
This question, which references concepts from Maas’s book worlds, received the most evasive response of the entire segment.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
Most are evasive, a few are obsequious, many are defiant, a few are enraged, and all appear to feel their lives slipping away under the seemingly boundless force of judicial inquisition.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
And Rubio was evasive when asked about Moscow and Beijing in the brief question-and-answer session.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasive
elusive
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This stunningly beautiful scientific film features footage of the elusive giant squid in its natural habitat, and the earliest images of deep-sea bioluminescence.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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Indeed, absolute perfection is elusive.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasive. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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