1
as in circumventing
to avoid by going around
we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road
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2
as in ignoring
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 avoiding
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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as in sidestepping
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Recent Examples of bypassing
Ro'ee Margalit, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Now, former officials say, orders are bypassing lawyers entirely, or being glimpsed by legal experts sympathetic to Hegseth's and the White House's agenda.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
In many markets, cash offers are viewed as the fastest and simplest way to close a deal—bypassing financing contingencies and offering sellers greater certainty.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Sburlati pointed to the influx of non-European products, largely not subject to the block’s regulatory framework and oftentimes bypassing customs.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Weiss is expected to be named editor in chief of CBS News and will likely report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, bypassing the existing organizational structure at CBS.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025
The main accomplishment in Colorado has been to burden citizens with significant inconvenience and a new tax (bypassing input by voters) that enriches Colorado cities and counties by millions annually.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
Airdrops allow civilians immediate and direct access to food, bypassing the complicated and dangerous process of delivery and distribution on the ground.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
A week before Zhang‘s latest sentencing, China’s top lawmakers passed a bill to accelerate public health emergency responses by allowing people to report emergencies, bypassing the government’s usual hierarchical structure.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
Some strains are now capable of identifying and bypassing backups, targeting critical systems first and spreading laterally across devices and networks.
—Ro'ee Margalit, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
The website will help patients access drugs at lower prices - bypassing health insurance.
—NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Now, former officials say, orders are bypassing lawyers entirely, or being glimpsed by legal experts sympathetic to Hegseth's and the White House's agenda.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
In many markets, cash offers are viewed as the fastest and simplest way to close a deal—bypassing financing contingencies and offering sellers greater certainty.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Sburlati pointed to the influx of non-European products, largely not subject to the block’s regulatory framework and oftentimes bypassing customs.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
Weiss is expected to be named editor in chief of CBS News and will likely report directly to Paramount CEO David Ellison, bypassing the existing organizational structure at CBS.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2025
The main accomplishment in Colorado has been to burden citizens with significant inconvenience and a new tax (bypassing input by voters) that enriches Colorado cities and counties by millions annually.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
Airdrops allow civilians immediate and direct access to food, bypassing the complicated and dangerous process of delivery and distribution on the ground.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
A week before Zhang‘s latest sentencing, China’s top lawmakers passed a bill to accelerate public health emergency responses by allowing people to report emergencies, bypassing the government’s usual hierarchical structure.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypassing
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Panahi, along with other up-and-coming filmmakers, began circumventing the official channels, sending one version of his films’ scripts to government censors and filming another.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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With potential regulatory fights to come, this is a potential boon and is a way of circumventing content quotas and other obligations that European countries want to establish.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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The next morning, Federline called his lawyer Mark Kaplan to draft a legal letter demanding that Spears stop breastfeeding their children, and Federline left town to promote his record, ignoring her calls and messages.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Signs of sass becoming a problem include growling or snapping, guarding objects, ignoring basic commands persistently, or biting and destroying items.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On Translation Eli Rallo writes about avoiding the OB-GYN, OCD obsessions, and pretending to be okay.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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My priority is to keep Forest Hills financially strong and efficient by managing resources wisely and avoiding unnecessary spending.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some of them vanish to Florida, and the others spend four straight days in their pajamas eating pizza rolls, playing Minecraft and forgetting how to read.—
Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
15 Oct. 2025
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So, maintaining a certain level of trust, while also being skeptical, and not forgetting to check in with ourselves as well.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The report concluded that mirror cells could become a reality in the next 10 to 30 years and detailed the potentially devasting consequences if mirror bacteria were released into an environment and spread, evading natural biological controls and acting as dangerous pathogens.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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The film follows a Cuban socialite, an English schoolteacher, and an Irish Catholic priest in Miami who spearhead a daring operation to help more than 14,000 children escape communist indoctrination and begin new lives in America — evading Castro’s secret police at every turn.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Also, 7 percent of the vote went to harsher penalties for cap circumvention.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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This is why some see the design as a circumvention of the rules.—
Jon Helgi Egilsson,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That’s evidenced by the GOP’s skirting of the issue.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Dominator 3, at its base a Ford F-350, features an armored shell and skirting designed to keep winds from lifting the vehicle; strong windows, equipment for tracking weather data and a hydraulic spike system used to anchor the vehicle to the ground.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Each prompt, even in the midst of a conversation or chat with GPT-5 will be getting this runaround.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Ray Cook, Invercargill, New Zealand A: This is a classic case of a company giving a customer the runaround.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
23 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Bypassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypassing. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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