as in avoids
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
I don't know how the CEO managed to shuffle out of being held responsible for his company's weak performance
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Verb
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The design avoids trend-chasing and leans into classic refinement, with crown molding, velvet benches, and carved desks with built-in charging ports.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026 -
The book is a nonfiction novel that avoids Manichaeism.—
Marcelo Cajueiro,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Verb
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At one point, Griffin appears to lunge at Manetta, who evades him by ducking behind a column on the platform.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Mr Cobra evades most classification from there, blending free jazz, musique concrète, ’00s pop, house, industrial techno, and air horns, interlaced with dialogue snipped from Korean folk operas and experimental films.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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The house is basically painted all white everywhere but somehow escapes being bland.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
17 May 2026
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Coltrane escapes trouble at every turn in the finale episode.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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“Shuffles (out of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuffles%20%28out%20of%29. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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