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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Trump was on the defensive and evasive, even on issues that should benefit him – and didn’t land much, if anything, that stuck.
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
If anything, the filmmaker followed a similar line, using a literary adaptation to emphasize sensorial experience, in this case the evasive quest for physical pleasure.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
To keep going after an evasive answer by asking the same question six ways from Sunday means throwing out much else of import on the docket, thus doing voters a disservice by limiting the scope of the debate.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2024
Despite jamming and evasive maneuvers, the base radar is able to track the hostiles.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
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Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Sep. 2024
If anything, the filmmaker followed a similar line, using a literary adaptation to emphasize sensorial experience, in this case the evasive quest for physical pleasure.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
To keep going after an evasive answer by asking the same question six ways from Sunday means throwing out much else of import on the docket, thus doing voters a disservice by limiting the scope of the debate.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2024
Despite jamming and evasive maneuvers, the base radar is able to track the hostiles.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Evasive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evasive. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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