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evasion

[ih-vey-zhuhn] / ɪˈveɪ ʒən /


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The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit, anticipated a higher rate of evasion on this tax, leading to a revenue gain of $3.3 trillion.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

I find it incredibly telling that A.I.’s favorite way to describe any phenomenon is via evasion, or telling us what something is not.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Jurors convicted Goldstein on 12 of the 16 counts against him, including tax evasion, willful failure to timely pay taxes and lying to mortgage lenders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

“What we’ve seen instead is a consistent pattern of evasion, refusal to take accountability, and outright lies to protect your image.”

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026

To deny its powerful, subsisting reality would be to endorse a simplistic and ultimately unhelpful evasion.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times