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
Broad commitments in the guidelines include equitable taxation of multinational enterprises, addressing tax evasion and avoidance by high-net-worth individuals and effective prevention and resolution of tax disputes.
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
Their evasions when speaking of the war—artfully translated by Lehrer—offer a master class in euphemism.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Bowen Yang seizes on Vance’s debate habit of applying the sunniest, most chipper tone to radical ideas and sneaky evasions, while Jim Gaffigan as Walz embodies the act of being folksily in way over one’s head.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Conversely, breaching may also be a means of evasion.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024
Their evasions when speaking of the war—artfully translated by Lehrer—offer a master class in euphemism.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Bowen Yang seizes on Vance’s debate habit of applying the sunniest, most chipper tone to radical ideas and sneaky evasions, while Jim Gaffigan as Walz embodies the act of being folksily in way over one’s head.
—Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Conversely, breaching may also be a means of evasion.
—Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Evasion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasion. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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