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evasion

[ih-vey-zhuhn] / ɪˈveɪ ʒən /


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The newspaper reports, external that officers have spent more than a year looking into potential offences relating to "the evasion of restrictions on donations."

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

“Crypto has changed the sanctions evasion game significantly,” said Kaitlin Martin, a senior intelligence analyst at analytics firm Chainalysis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

He based the upgrade on an “increasing conviction” in a rising class of cancer medication that simultaneously targets immune evasion and blood supply, two pathways crucial to tumor persistence.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

Todd and second wife Julie Chrisley were convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion in 2022 and imprisoned at separate facilities.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

There are people who tell me today that they are not religious because they consider religion to be an evasion of life.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

She added: "Families who have suffered deserve honesty, transparency and a full apology – not evasions and excuses."

From BBC Jan. 25, 2026

The investigating police officer, Siri Bengtsson, is new to the force and a shrewd interpreter of the silences and evasions she encounters when questioning Skavböke’s wary inhabitants.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

But his evasions are getting harder to maintain.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2025

But this time, in a series of meetings on Tuesday, the Republican lawmakers brushed him off, shrugged that the romance was over, then tacked on that hoariest of evasions: It’s not you, it’s us.

From Slate Dec. 13, 2023

A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question deserves.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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