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as in fled
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time
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as in evaded
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery
a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment
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Recent Examples of escaped
Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
India escaped the scary moment unscathed.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
The actor escaped eviction following the public vote, which opted to evict the controversial conservative politician Michael Fabricant instead.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
The pilot escaped but the passengers couldn’t get out of their safety harnesses and drowned.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The other helicopter went into the Hudson River and sank while being maneuvered at a heliport, but the pilot escaped.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
For one thing, she was orphaned, with biologists hypothesizing that either her herd left the area or she had somehow been taken by humans to an area further inland and escaped.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
By the late 1860s, Crumpler had moved back to Boston with her second husband, Arthur Crumpler, who had escaped from slavery in Virginia during the Civil War.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Baccarin made her debut as Mickey in an April 2024 episode of Fire Country, in which a fire camp inmate escaped from Three Rock and Edgewater’s deputy sheriff was called to investigate.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
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Anderson, who retired his first 10 batters, walked the bases loaded with one out in the fourth, but escaped the jam by striking out Jeremy Peña and getting Diaz to line out.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
India escaped the scary moment unscathed.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
The actor escaped eviction following the public vote, which opted to evict the controversial conservative politician Michael Fabricant instead.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2025
The pilot escaped but the passengers couldn’t get out of their safety harnesses and drowned.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
The other helicopter went into the Hudson River and sank while being maneuvered at a heliport, but the pilot escaped.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
For one thing, she was orphaned, with biologists hypothesizing that either her herd left the area or she had somehow been taken by humans to an area further inland and escaped.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
By the late 1860s, Crumpler had moved back to Boston with her second husband, Arthur Crumpler, who had escaped from slavery in Virginia during the Civil War.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
Baccarin made her debut as Mickey in an April 2024 episode of Fire Country, in which a fire camp inmate escaped from Three Rock and Edgewater’s deputy sheriff was called to investigate.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 31 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escaped
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Another unconfined delegation that should be subject to judicial scrutiny is provided by the Civil Rights Restoration Act, passed by the Democrats over President Ronald Reagan’s veto, which established the government’s power to arbitrarily withhold funding from universities.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
1 June 2025
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This accounted for just 3 percent of heating fires overall, but these led to more than 40 percent of fatalities, in part because portable heaters tend to be placed precisely where people live and sleep, and because the resulting fires are far more likely to be unconfined.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
24 Mar. 2025
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Acosta-Hernandez fled the vehicle on foot and officers established a perimeter.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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Due to sanctuary city policies, he was released and fled upon seeing ICE agents.—
Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
6 Mar. 2025
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But in life James resisted metaphor and evaded attention.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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DeAngelo evaded prosecution for years while committing a string of murders and rapes across the Golden State between 1974 and 1986, including two murders and nine kidnappings in Sacramento County alone.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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Lots of his work, including Succession and some writing on political satires, such as Veep and The Thick of It, draw loose and sometimes close inspiration from current events.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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Tips for Choosing the Right Outdoor Furniture Cover Size An outdoor furniture cover size that’s too large can cause the cover to come loose from your furniture during storms or windy conditions, while a cover that’s too small won’t fit securely on the furniture.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
30 May 2025
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At best, this results in superficial engagement—teams may appear aligned on the surface but lack genuine buy-in as difficult conversations are avoided.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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And who has avoided injuries while the rest of the squad have struggled?—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ana is incidental to the factory, feels unbound to it, and the only thing holding her back is her mother’s stubborn desire to keep the family together.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2025
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One of the scarier parts of the last few weeks has been this idea that Trump has become totally unbound, even from the few things that kept him on the rails in the first term, such as public opinion and the stock market.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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Lee was unrestrained, sustained fatal injuries, and was pronounced deceased on the scene.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
22 May 2025
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Their daughter, also unrestrained, was pronounced dead in the backseat of the car.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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The Tren de Aragua gang originated in a prison in the South American country and accompanied an exodus of millions of Venezuelans, the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation’s economy came undone last decade.—
TIME,
TIME,
16 Mar. 2025
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However, its role in support of sending home asylum-seekers who’d been expelled from the United States without the opportunity to make a case for protection from persecution has exposed just how easily the safety net can come undone.—
Lomi Kriel,
ProPublica,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Escaped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escaped. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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