as in escape
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable
pleading chronic back pain is my standard evasion for doing any heavy lifting
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Recent Examples of evasion
The Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos player served time in federal prison for tax evasion charges in the early 1990s.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
All of this was happening against the backdrop of Ancelotti’s tax evasion case being heard in the Spanish courts.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 12 May 2025
African countries, for example, lose a combined total of about $90 billion every year to elite corruption, illicit capital flight, and tax evasion by multinational corporations.
—Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
Fare evasion doesn’t make someone a criminal, but someone who is comfortable breaking larger rules doesn’t sweat the smaller ones.
—David Garten, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 13 May 2025
All of this was happening against the backdrop of Ancelotti’s tax evasion case being heard in the Spanish courts.
—Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 12 May 2025
African countries, for example, lose a combined total of about $90 billion every year to elite corruption, illicit capital flight, and tax evasion by multinational corporations.
—Zainab Usman, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2025
Fare evasion doesn’t make someone a criminal, but someone who is comfortable breaking larger rules doesn’t sweat the smaller ones.
—David Garten, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasion
Noun
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What was an escape turned into nine piano compositions made available on various platforms, including Spotify, after feedback on Instagram.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Boyd, 19, who was facing charges of second-degree murder before the escape, was the latest inmate captured.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Nate Foy,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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This smacks of the classic PR strategy of avoidance, which always works in a market like Chicago for a team like the Bears.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The robot's dual 96-line lidar sensors and wide-angle cameras feed data into its onboard processors, enabling real-time mapping, omnidirectional obstacle avoidance and autonomous navigation, even in low visibility or completely dark environments.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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“Evasion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasion. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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