: a plan or method to circumvent a problem (as in computer software) without eliminating it

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Now instead of being shut out of the country altogether, there is a framework for a viable work-around. Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025 Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump could still find a work-around after suffering a major blow to a core part of his economic agenda. Sam Meredith,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 29 May 2025 Welcome it as an opportunity to practice virtue, find a clever work-around, and grow stronger. Hanna Hart, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 Such work-arounds add 15% to 35% to the cost of goods in Syria. Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for work-around

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First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of work-around was in 1961

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“Work-around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work-around. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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