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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an evasion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an act of avoiding or escaping from a question, duty, or responsibility.
Example: "His response was nothing more than an evasion of the real issue at hand."
Alternatives: "a dodge" or "a sidestep".
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2. A shift; an evasion.
Essentially, her response was an evasion.
This is at best a muddle, at worst, an evasion.
If that's an evasion, it's a familiar one.
But this is a stopgap and an evasion.
This bill is not anti-terrorism legislation; it's an evasion.
This is not only an evasion; it is bad historiography.
To critics, this was a bit of an evasion.
"A joke is an evasion, in a way," he says.
That seems to me something of an evasion.
We ought not to open the door to an evasion of the statute by this device.
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