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as in to flee
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time
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as in to evade
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment
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as in flight
the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement
a daring prison escape
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as in evasion
the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable
the reading of science fiction novels as an escape from boring reality
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Recent Examples of escape
Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Shelters have people coming and going all the time to get a meal, to find a place to sleep or to escape bad weather.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2025
Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
With no ships or planes operating in the Antarctic winter, and the SA Agulhas II not due to make the 10-15-day voyage from South Africa until December, escape is impossible.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The most prepared billionaires have multiple passports, physical gold reserves in Swiss vaults, and escape routes that don’t rely on digital transactions.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Shelters have people coming and going all the time to get a meal, to find a place to sleep or to escape bad weather.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
Later, the Pacific Northwest punk scene and a necessary break from her mother open up a true escape route.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
With no ships or planes operating in the Antarctic winter, and the SA Agulhas II not due to make the 10-15-day voyage from South Africa until December, escape is impossible.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for escape
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The would-be thieves got inside a waiting Lexus sedan and fled the scene, police said.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Khalaf is also writing a TV series entitled The Syrian Doctor about a medic who arrested and tortured in 2012 for treating pro-democracy protestors and then flees to France with his three-year-old daughter.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2025
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Overtourism is to blame That year, a railway company also launched a probe against four popular YouTubers over their stunt to evade fares on public transport, according to local media.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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The group has claimed dozens of strikes against Israel throughout the war in Gaza, some of which have managed to evade the country's state-of-the-art air defense systems.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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However, a March 27 report indicated that a flight carrying 60 Cuban migrants arrived in Havana from the United States.—
Maykel Gonzalez,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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Isaacman financed both missions himself and has ordered two other private SpaceX flights, one of which was to be the first crewed flight of the Starship megrocket.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors are seeking nearly five years in prison, plus a hefty fine, for two counts of tax evasion.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Prison term The prosecutor is seeking a prison term of four years and nine months for Ancelotti and a fine of 3.2 million euros (nearly $3.5 million) for two counts of tax evasion in 2014 and 2015.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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On Wednesday, a different plane flying the same route from Charlotte to Augusta also experienced a mechanical issue, American Airlines told CNN.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Ed O’Keefe, meanwhile, flew to Ontario to examine the effect of Trump tariffs on electricity from Canada.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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Facing the Marlins for the second time in a week, the Mets (7-3) avoided facing ace Sandy Alcantara, with the 2022 Cy Young Award winner having been added to the paternity list earlier in the day.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Tigers trailed Creighton at halftime and led Michigan just 30-29 at the break before pulling away down the stretch of both of those games.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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Keegan Murray heating up Kings forward Keegan Murray averaged 12.0 points while shooting 43.5% from the field and 32.2% from 3-point range in 52 games before the All-Star break.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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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
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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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“Escape.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escape. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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