evade
verb (used with object)
to escape from by trickery or cleverness.
is evading
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present progressiveof evade (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“To be clear, that doesn’t mean everyone in a high-income category partnership or corporation is evading or avoiding their tax responsibility,” Werfel said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
“It’s highly mutated, it looks very different and therefore is evading some of the protections we’ve put in place, both with vaccines and natural immunity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2022
Omicron is challenging us because of its mutations, and it is evading the antibodies that would have been able to latch on and block earlier forms of COVID.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2022
Germany’s BioNTech says it takes about two weeks to determine whether a variant is evading the company’s vaccines — and that, if so, BioNTech could ship an updated vaccine within 100 days.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2021
"That is evading the question," responded Mr. Percival.
From A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child
