EVADED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

evaded

verb

past tense of evade

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 The ball evaded him and reached Brobbey, but the striker could not control in the ocean of space he was left in. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 31 July 2026 Shortly before the shooting, agents were investigating two Guatemalan men known to be driving a white van who had previously evaded arrest and were potentially subject to deportation, the US attorney for Texas’ southern district said. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Because of his guilty plea, Kohberger evaded trial and the death penalty. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026 The suspect evaded a traffic stop, the news release said, and was later found on the roof of a housing unit at Fifth Street and Washington Boulevard. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 Mythical creatures, too, soaked in the supernatural; half-men, half-animals who evaded classification—centaurs and satyrs, fauns and werewolves—straddling the boundary between man and beast. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026 One was Ona Judge, who escaped and evaded Washington’s yearslong effort to recapture her. — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026 An independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades heard arguments on how improper practices that evaded regulatory oversight turned a small fire into a tragedy as the case neared its conclusion Friday. — ABC News, 17 July 2026 According to Reitz, federal officers on July 7 were investigating two Guatemalan men who had previously evaded arrest and were believed to be driving a white van. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 17 July 2026

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In Minneapolis and New Orleans, CNN found once-bustling shops and restaurants growing quiet during federal immigration operations as some immigrants avoided work and parents kept children home from school.

— Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Those have avoided injuries to key players that can demoralize a team and affect a season.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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