as in elusive
hard to find, capture, or isolate
believers in Bigfoot have never quite explained how such a large creature can be so evasive
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Recent Examples of evasive
The International Space Station (ISS) executed evasive maneuvers Wednesday evening (April 30) to avoid a piece of passing space debris.
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 1 May 2025
At least one Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) resolution advisory -- the most serious warning that tells the pilots to take immediate evasive action to avoid a collision -- was triggered per month at Reagan due to proximity to a helicopter from 2011 to 2024, Homendy said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
The Chiefs played in the latter country in 2019, but NFL representatives were evasive during Super Bowl week when asked about the next game in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The flight was descending between 1200 and 1000 feet when TCAS instructed the pilots to take evasive maneuvers to avoid another object.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Josh Dinner, Space.com, 1 May 2025
At least one Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) resolution advisory -- the most serious warning that tells the pilots to take immediate evasive action to avoid a collision -- was triggered per month at Reagan due to proximity to a helicopter from 2011 to 2024, Homendy said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
The Chiefs played in the latter country in 2019, but NFL representatives were evasive during Super Bowl week when asked about the next game in Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
The flight was descending between 1200 and 1000 feet when TCAS instructed the pilots to take evasive maneuvers to avoid another object.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evasive
elusive
Adjective
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Anderson has worked with half of Hollywood in the course of his three-decade career, but the two-time Oscar winner remains elusive.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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Investigators were left grasping at smoke, trying to make sense of a pattern that felt deliberate but remained elusive.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
4 June 2025
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasive. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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