escaping

verb

present participle of escape
1
as in fleeing
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time

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2
as in avoiding
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 escaping And announcing a move is not the same thing as escaping the tax. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 The court found that the directive to fast to death was implemented by targeting children first, while guards were deployed to prevent them from escaping, beating those who attempted to escape or eat. — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 The risks are already visible in models that deploy agents capable of evading their guardrails, escaping their sandboxes, cheating to obtain their goals, and covering their tracks to conceal the cheating. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 Plunge into this immersive epic, uncovering what chilling relics risk escaping the thawing ice. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026 The Niners followed up an emotional win last week at division-rival Seattle by building a 20-point lead and then escaping at the end when the defense stepped up. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026 The impact has been detrimental to quarterback Justin Herbert, who at times appears more interested in escaping the pocket than trusting the play call and protection. — Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026 But the Hurricanes passer evaded FSU defenders on a key play early in the second quarter, escaping two would-be tacklers and throwing downfield to a wide-open Daylyn Upshaw for a 44-yard gain. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026 What better way to pass the hours than by escaping into a good book? — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for escaping
  1. fleeing
  2. avoiding
  3. flying
  4. evading
Verb
  • Instead of stopping to help Batani-Khalfani, police alleged that Cardenas continued driving, fleeing the scene of the hit-and-run crash.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Hollywood jobs have been fleeing for years for cheaper filming locales, and the restaurant industry has been shaken by mounting closures.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of fleeing
Verb
  • Kushner so far has participated little in the ceremony of the job, avoiding most receptions and ribbon cuttings.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Exercise, avoiding alcohol or even getting enough sleep aren’t the factors most connected to college students’ well-being.
    — Roxanne Prichard, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of avoiding
Verb
  • D’haene said the company also wants to identify practical applications beyond leisure flying.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For many years people believed that light was made out of particles flying in straight rays.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of flying
Verb
  • He was also convicted of felony evading arrest, KTXS reported.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The risks are already visible in models that deploy agents capable of evading their guardrails, escaping their sandboxes, cheating to obtain their goals, and covering their tracks to conceal the cheating.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of evading

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“Escaping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/escaping. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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