1
as in circumvents
to avoid by going around
we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road
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2
as in ignores
to fail to give proper attention to
a serious news event that was bypassed by the mainstream media so that they could concentrate on celebrity gossip
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as in avoids
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
you can bypass the graduation requirements if you do enough extra credit
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Recent Examples of bypasses
Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Instead, the command silently downloads Shamos, bypasses macOS Gatekeeper protections, and installs the malware.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
That offering bypasses insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, allowing patients to directly purchase Zepbound and some of Eli Lilly’s other drugs from the company.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
Publishizer’s business model bypasses the traditional route to commercial publishing, in which authors must first win an agent, who then approaches large commercial publishers.
—Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Instead, the command silently downloads Shamos, bypasses macOS Gatekeeper protections, and installs the malware.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
That offering bypasses insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, allowing patients to directly purchase Zepbound and some of Eli Lilly’s other drugs from the company.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypasses
Verb
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But the Free Speech Coalition said companies might still be liable if a user in a state requiring age verification circumvents geographic targeting with a VPN.—
Jasmine Mithani,
Them.,
3 Sep. 2025
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Unfortunately, this entire process circumvents the necessary regulatory and congressional oversight processes.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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An energy policy that ignores this will get traction depending on which party is in office but not beyond that.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This perspective ignores the need for people to come to decisions together about truth and reality.—
Sara Giordano,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Shifting key conversations to group settings builds alignment, avoids silos and saves time.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The new system avoids this brute-force approach.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These credentials range from payments cards and driving licences to travel passes and loyalty cards.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Cameron Marshall caught two scoring passes.—
Erick Taylor,
Arkansas Online,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The thing about bullying is that the bully typically has no memory of it later, while the wounded party never forgets.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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Dictatorships exhaust themselves through destruction, but democracies adapt and grow stronger—a lesson Washington sometimes forgets.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Renewed sanctions may not deal much of an economic blow to Iran, especially if China evades them, but can be a potent political tool to stir fears of vulnerability and future military action, a Washington Institute expert argued.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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There has been a lot of research into understanding how cancer evades the body’s immune system, and the ways that science might be able to get around that.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And when Charlotte has strung together long drives toput themselves in position to score, the redzone has resisted.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Where people have muscles and tendons, robots have actuators, compact electric drives at each joint that deliver torque and precise control.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For some patients, other tools—like a coronary calcium scan, which can directly show whether there’s silent plaque in the arteries—may be more useful.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
9 Sep. 2025
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And if all the organic tofu suddenly triggers an irresistible urge to clog your arteries?—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Bypasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypasses. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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