work-around
noun
: a plan or method to circumvent a problem (as in computer software) without eliminating it
Examples of work-around in a Sentence
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Competing globally required innovative financing like sukuk, which provided special religious work-arounds in order to pass Islamic sharia law that forbids providing capital in exchange for interest, one of the core incentives for taking financial risk.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
The arrangement was a highly unusual work-around; by law, members of Ways and Means cannot share citizens’ tax information with anyone outside the committee.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
Users pioneer emergent behaviors; hack together work-arounds, many of which lead to new features; give platforms their cultural relevance; and provide the steady flood of engagement that Silicon Valley leaders can monetize.
—Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
That probably explains why liberals lately have been content to wage war with the court using political rhetoric or strategic policy work-arounds, allowing the public’s increasingly low esteem for the Supreme Court speak for itself.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
Caltech has a new admission work-around Aug. 31, 2023
Talk about the housing proposal began circulating in public earlier this week.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
Luckily Spaniards came up with the best work-around—and it’s called tortilla vaga.
—Katie Button, Bon Appétit, 12 Sep. 2023
Though not all concerts will be listed by the name of the performer (some of the more high-profile artists do not have their names attached to the package), users can use a work-around by searching the name of the venue and the date included to ID any unnamed artists.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
Mandate and style worked together to make risers proliferate, a development that was not considered discriminatory as long as buildings provided work-arounds.
—Curbed, 19 July 2023
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2023
The arrangement was a highly unusual work-around; by law, members of Ways and Means cannot share citizens’ tax information with anyone outside the committee.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
Users pioneer emergent behaviors; hack together work-arounds, many of which lead to new features; give platforms their cultural relevance; and provide the steady flood of engagement that Silicon Valley leaders can monetize.
—Taylor Lorenz, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
That probably explains why liberals lately have been content to wage war with the court using political rhetoric or strategic policy work-arounds, allowing the public’s increasingly low esteem for the Supreme Court speak for itself.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
Caltech has a new admission work-around Aug. 31, 2023
Talk about the housing proposal began circulating in public earlier this week.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
Luckily Spaniards came up with the best work-around—and it’s called tortilla vaga.
—Katie Button, Bon Appétit, 12 Sep. 2023
Though not all concerts will be listed by the name of the performer (some of the more high-profile artists do not have their names attached to the package), users can use a work-around by searching the name of the venue and the date included to ID any unnamed artists.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
Mandate and style worked together to make risers proliferate, a development that was not considered discriminatory as long as buildings provided work-arounds.
—Curbed, 19 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1961, in the meaning defined above
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“Work-around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work-around. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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