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noun

Definition of dodgingnext
as in escape
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable the governor's repeated dodging of tough questions at the press conference

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dodging

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verb

present participle of dodge
1
as in ducking
to move suddenly aside or to and fro dodging through the crowd on his way to the exit

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2
as in circumventing
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness always trying to dodge the landlord's rule prohibiting pets

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3
as in avoiding
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery dodged the horde of paparazzi by leaving through the service entrance

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Recent Examples of dodging
Verb
The Nosferatu actor has been masterfully dodging questions about the franchise since. — Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025 To save cash and get under the skin of the capital, Athens, while dodging peak-season crowds, consider a winter trip. — Helen Iatrou, AFAR Media, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodging
  1. escape
  2. circumventing
  3. avoiding
  4. evasion
  5. weaving
  6. evading
  7. escaping
  8. avoidance
Noun
  • At this Austin escape, the design team opted for moody dark stone and natural wood shelves to act as the foundation.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025
  • From $49 per night. BOOK NOW The AD Travel Edit Craving an escape?
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of escape
Verb
  • As a result, terrorists and rogue states now have a harder time circumventing conventional financial controls.
    — Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • On December 11, the European Union approved its 15th sanctions package against the Kremlin, targeting entities within Russia and third-party nations that facilitate upgraded military and technological capabilities by circumventing restrictions.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of circumventing
Verb
  • Not all Republicans are avoiding town halls.
    — Lauren Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
  • His offseason of work at the position centered around avoiding that happening again.
    — Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of avoiding
Noun
  • In the meantime, Savannah is focused on caring for her younger siblings Grayson, 18, and Chloe, 12, while their parents Todd, 55, and Julie, 52, remain in prison on fraud and tax evasion charges.
    — Dory Jackson, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The report revealed that in both scenarios, the AI reportedly anticipated trajectory shifts within milliseconds of detecting control-surface movements, leaving no window for evasion.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of evasion
Verb
  • Craft is the connective tissue of our history, weaving itself through each iteration and enabling new players to interpret it in novel ways.
    — Bill Connolly, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But police must notice a primary violation, such as speeding or weaving across lanes, to cite motorists for violating the cellphone law.
    — David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of weaving
Verb
  • The driver was arrested on charges of unlawful gun possession and evading police and booked at the Sacramento County Juvenile Hall.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Chau paid local fishermen to take him near North Sentinel Island, evading the exclusion zone.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Definition of evading
Verb
  • Reading can be a powerful way of escaping, relaxing and realizing truths about ourselves and the world.
    — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Williams was taken to Blount County Detention Facility, in Maryville, Tennessee, and prosecutors brought an additional charge against him for escaping federal custody.
    — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of escaping
Noun
  • The vehicle must also earn a good or acceptable rating in the collision avoidance areas, like pedestrian front-crash prevention technology test for daytime and nighttime driving as well as its headlights on all trim levels.
    — Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
  • As far as speed, elephants moving at a slow speed show an even stronger avoidance of the difficult, more energetically-costly terrain.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2025
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