1
as in to bypass
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code
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2
as in to avoid
to avoid by going around
circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route
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as in to traverse
to travel completely around
most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain
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Recent Examples of circumvent
Meanwhile, Prince Harry and members of the House of Saud have opted to circumvent the potentially treacherous waters of the Southern Ocean, altogether.
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Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
And, though users can make the most of lackluster AI moderation (Grok Imagine) or figure out clever ways to circumvent guardrails (Sora) in order to misrepresent famous people, the greater danger probably comes from videos that purport to capture events involving unknown parties.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Yet the group is clearly circumventing the restrictions.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes.
—Big Think, 24 Oct. 2025
And, though users can make the most of lackluster AI moderation (Grok Imagine) or figure out clever ways to circumvent guardrails (Sora) in order to misrepresent famous people, the greater danger probably comes from videos that purport to capture events involving unknown parties.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Yet the group is clearly circumventing the restrictions.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvent
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That allowed Adams to bypass the Democratic primary, in which Mamdani triumphed over Cuomo.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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The team behind TruthScan’s deepfake detection software has previously conducted numerous case studies to bypass detection technology and understand the vulnerabilities in AI detection tools.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The update to trick-or-treating time was made to avoid a conflict with high school football playoff games.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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To avoid making a bigger mess, place your rug on a tarp, drop cloth, or large piece of plastic instead of directly onto the ground.—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025
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While checking candy for tampering is important, government agencies and children's advocacy organizations concentrate more energy on other safety concerns while getting ready for Halloween night, including smart costume decisions and how to wisely traverse the streets.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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Not only is the light spooky, but the three-hour tour traverses large rooms where the tuberculosis clinic was housed.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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The company said Perplexity wasn't operating transparently and is evading the company to gain unauthorized access to its store.—
Ashley Capoot,Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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After successfully evading arrest, Lennon remained on the run for 13 years.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The €610 million ($705 million) mission will cruise to Venus for 15 months, then aerobrake in the atmosphere for 11 months before reaching its science orbit, which will circle the planet in roughly 90 minutes.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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On Friday, Jay Staph of Just Baseball circled Toronto as a potential landing spot for Zac Gallen, the former All-Star and third-place Cy Young finisher who is coming off his worst season as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Epstein story is all about people who are sufficiently rich or entitled escaping the full consequences of their actions, something that is still happening here.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Seven years after disappearing from his California home in 1972, 14-year-old Steven Stayner escaped his kidnapper, Kenneth Parnell, and returned to his family in 1980.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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There is a lot of red—99 naval and coast guard vessels, to be precise, completely encircling Taiwan during PLA exercises last December.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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In the same month the Germans encircled Leningrad and began the siege of the city.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The lawsuit alleges Parker ignored concerns raised by several teachers and staff members, including that the student may have had a gun in his possession hours before the shooting.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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In fact, they’d merely been habituated, the way a bird learns to ignore a rhino.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Circumvent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumvent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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