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as in traverses
to travel completely around
the first ship to circumnavigate the globe
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as in bypasses
to avoid by going around
we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit
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Recent Examples of circumnavigates
Hassan Hakmoun and Adam Rudolph’s score circumnavigates the Mediterranean — a sea which touches Duato’s native Spain, North Africa, the Greek isles, Turkey, Syria, Israel and Gaza.
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Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Learn about the native flora and fauna at the Seaside Nature Center, or borrow a free bike and cycle the Bike Loop trail that circumnavigates the park.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Learn about the native flora and fauna at the Seaside Nature Center, or borrow a free bike and cycle the Bike Loop trail that circumnavigates the park.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumnavigates
Verb
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The highway traverses the ancestral homelands of more than 25 tribal nations.—
Jasmine Desiree,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Over an efficient five tracks, West traverses the sonic styles of her generation — from nu-metal riffs to rage-rap 808s — with dazzling confidence.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
Verb
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The United Arab Emirates already plans to accelerate the construction of a new West-East pipeline that bypasses Hormuz.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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Somehow, the YellowKey exploit bypasses this safeguard.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
Verb
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That process moves forward, then circles back, then moves again.—
Felysha Walker
May 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 May 2026
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Enjoy a coffee break at The Lookout at Lake Poway before the group circles back.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Verb
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This funneling of men outside of the traditional health system circumvents the important step of appropriate medical workups.—
Denise Asafu-Adjei,
STAT,
13 Apr. 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s crucial East-West pipeline that circumvents the Strait of Hormuz is pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, according to a person familiar with the matter.—
Emma Ross-Thomas,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The tubing with inline emitters, shown at bottom, encircles a citrus.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
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The polar jet stream is a ribbon of air that encircles the Northern Hemisphere at high altitudes and determines atmospheric pressure patterns.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Too often, political coverage avoids difficult questions entirely or allows politicians to speak in vague generalities without scrutiny.—
Letters to the Editor,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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This is fast to build, easy to demo and avoids the genuinely hard work of designing the conversation.—
Pete Hanlon,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Because the station orbits Earth once every 90 minutes, the crew on board sees 16 sunrises and sunsets every day.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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The sky is always changing As Earth orbits the sun, stars appear to rise about four minutes earlier each night.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
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The film crosses sites where camps once stood, setting them against diaries, memoirs and letters by prisoners.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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If Taj Mahal crosses the line first, Brittany Russell will become the first female trainer to win the Preakness Stakes.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
11 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Circumnavigates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumnavigates. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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