evade
verb (used with object)
to escape from by trickery or cleverness.
have been evading
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present perfect progressiveof evade.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Rumors of Tillerson’s death proved premature: He’s still the administration’s point man on North Korea, traveling to Canada this week to discuss new pressures on Pyongyang, including blacklisting ships that have been evading sanctions.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2017
The problem with this plan, many economists say, is that it vastly overestimates the extent to which non-U.S. companies have been evading taxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
