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"evaluation" there means, supposing the BLOCK or EXPR were the body of a sub, see what the sub returns in list-context given $_ aliased to an element of LIST.

Maybe you are trying to read too much into the word? evaluate 1+1 results in 2; evaluate "a".."e" results in qw/a b c d e/, etc.