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as in to traverse
to travel completely around
the first ship to circumnavigate the globe
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2
as in to bypass
to avoid by going around
we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit
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Recent Examples of circumnavigate
The two-company model was devised to circumnavigate and comply with anachronistic regulatory restrictions.
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Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Part of making the students love a text was circumnavigating their first reactions to it.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
His growing list of endurance achievements includes conquering the more than 3,000 miles across America between Los Angles and New York, circumnavigating Lake Como in Italy, and running the length of the UK from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
Earlier this year, Chinese naval vessels circumnavigated Australia and disrupted commercial air traffic with live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.
—Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
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Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Part of making the students love a text was circumnavigating their first reactions to it.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
His growing list of endurance achievements includes conquering the more than 3,000 miles across America between Los Angles and New York, circumnavigating Lake Como in Italy, and running the length of the UK from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
—George Ramsay, CNN Money, 10 June 2025
Earlier this year, Chinese naval vessels circumnavigated Australia and disrupted commercial air traffic with live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.
—Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumnavigate
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If not, grab a booth at MacLaren's and settle in as architect Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) traverses the streets, bars, and rooftop Halloween parties of New York in search of his one true love.—
Tanya Melendez,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The fact that concrete is a much larger piece means the crack can traverse the entire pad.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Aug. 2025
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The federal government stopped recommending covid shots for healthy pregnant women and children, bypassing input from a vaccine advisory committee that traditionally would have weighed in.—
Stephanie Armour,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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Adults can pose as children, according to the suit, and kids can bypass controls meant for users under 13.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
15 Aug. 2025
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The late-season fruits are incredibly showy, arranged in dense clusters circling the stems.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
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Metallica’s Lars Ulrich addressed rumors that the band is circling a Las Vegas Sphere residency — as well as angling for the halftime show at next year’s Super Bowl — in an interview Wednesday with Howard Stern.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Apple’s careful wording makes clear that the changes to the way the metric is now gathered is key to how the Masimo dispute has been circumvented.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Jorge Silva | Reuters Russia, meanwhile, has reasonably effectively circumvented international sanctions and has buyers of its oil that funds its war machine, with the likes of China and India refusing to isolate their ally.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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From Jupiter’s swirling storms to Neptune’s icy depths, planets across our solar system are orbited by a fascinating cast of moons.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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In fact, Alpha Centauri is a triple-star system made up of two stars, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B that orbit around one another and a third, Proxima Centauri, that orbits the other two.—
David Szondy
August 14,
New Atlas,
14 Aug. 2025
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That ambiguity reflects a desire to maintain strategic flexibility and avoid premature entanglement in a potential war.—
Frank Lavin,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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But typically, the Russian leader – a former intelligence officer with the Soviet Union’s security service, the KGB – uses translators to avoid speaking in English during diplomatic conversations.—
Katharina Krebs,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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Basinger offers insight into one of the key components of the studio’s indelible logo featuring mountaintop encircled by a ring of stars.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Beneath the surface, Denmark’s Viking fortresses encircle the land—silent, symmetrical, and stoic.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Rodrigo García writes and directs The Follies, which follows six women dealing with social and family pressures and whose paths unexpectedly cross on a rainy day in Mexico City.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
15 Aug. 2025
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Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Circumnavigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumnavigate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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