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
The bust marks a rare and direct strike against one of the world’s most evasive cyber adversaries.
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Michael Barnhart, Fortune, 3 July 2025
At the press conference that caps his visit, Schoof is evasive when asked if the Dutch will agree to the 5% goal.
—Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025
Tahereh is a victim here, but the documentary is evasive in its approach to the central crime.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Hill’s attorney Fritz Scheller said in the Friday filing that his team had a difficult time interviewing Lewis over the course of two depositions, finding her answers evasive and at times dishonest.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
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Michael Barnhart, Fortune, 3 July 2025
At the press conference that caps his visit, Schoof is evasive when asked if the Dutch will agree to the 5% goal.
—Adam Rasmi, Time, 20 June 2025
Tahereh is a victim here, but the documentary is evasive in its approach to the central crime.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 June 2025
Hill’s attorney Fritz Scheller said in the Friday filing that his team had a difficult time interviewing Lewis over the course of two depositions, finding her answers evasive and at times dishonest.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasive
elusive
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The bridge between the two — a theory of quantum gravity — has remained elusive.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Formed nearly 100 years ago, the elusive and exclusive Detection Club met regularly as its members dined and helped each other with technical aspects of their writing.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 July 2025
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasive. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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