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evasive

[ih-vey-siv] / ɪˈveɪ sɪv /


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When the Kaplans tried to contact the new property management company, Jeremy said, Systems Real Estate was evasive.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

There was no attempt to use the brakes, the court heard, with Malik's only evasive action being to swerve to the left but "far too late".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Speaking on the eve of his side's home game against high-flying Aston Villa, he was evasive when asked about the United job.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

In his review, Joseph Horowitz called the book “as honest and unassuming as Stokowski was evasive and flamboyant.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

A few hypocrites devised such evasive games as “playing house” or “doctor.”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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