circumnavigating

verb

present participle of circumnavigate
1
as in circling
to travel completely around the first ship to circumnavigate the globe

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2
as in bypassing
to avoid by going around we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit

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Recent Examples of circumnavigating The countdown clock is officially rolling at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where four astronauts are preparing to take off on the mission of a lifetime — circumnavigating the moon and returning humans to deep space for the first time in five decades as part of Artemis II. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026 Superpressure balloons can last for months and travel long distances, potentially circumnavigating the globe, all the while reporting their position. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026 Two hundred seventy-two miles of scenery are signposted by pretty blue and orange ribbons circumnavigating the island, representing the ocean and those ubiquitous mandarins. — Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumnavigating
  1. circling
  2. bypassing
  3. traversing
  4. circumventing
  5. orbiting
  6. avoiding
  7. encircling
  8. crossing
Verb
  • The stark highlights begin a few inches from her hairline at her roots, before circling around both sides of her head to meet at the back.
    — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The finding fits theories that planets and other bodies in the solar system were built in waves as a mixture of fine dust, ice, organic matter and specks of stardust circling the newborn sun clumped together into ever larger objects.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of circling
Verb
  • The failure may not come from an attacker bypassing a security control but from an authorized system taking an action that was technically permitted but operationally wrong.
    — Rick Vanover, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Pan-Arctic Cable project could also extend to Canada and eventually link with Japan and South Korea, notably bypassing the United States.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of bypassing
Verb
  • And traversing the aerial pathway above the roadway is kind of fun.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Currently, crossing over Lydia Avenue involves traversing multiple active train tracks at the same level as the street with no sidewalks.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of traversing
Verb
  • Megaspeed was being investigated for allegedly diverting its Nvidia chips to the mainland, circumventing a US export ban on AI hardware to China.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 Nov. 2026
  • His largely disappointing tenure ended when the Clippers had to forfeit five first-round draft picks and were fined $30 million for circumventing salary cap rules in regard to how Leonard was compensated.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of circumventing
Verb
  • This time, the pair claimed to have heard labored breathing coming across the airwaves, and even what resembled the strained moans of a person aboard an orbiting spacecraft.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Printing replacement parts for the printer itself was an ideal way to prove the value of an orbiting machine shop.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of orbiting
Verb
  • Alternately, Senate leaders could wait to pass the bill until daylight saving time resumes next March, avoiding an awkward midwinter time jump.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • These guidelines address avoiding delays in pregnant women and discuss the safety to perform MRIs without contrast and CT scans with contrast.
    — Elyce Cardonick, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of avoiding
Verb
  • The encircling coils generate the magnetic field needed to confine the plasma, while the smaller shaping magnets fine-tune its configuration.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Captured by the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, or SMILE, the footage reveals the full ring of auroral activity encircling Earth's north pole in ultraviolet light, stretching across both the night and day sides of our planet.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of encircling
Verb
  • This video is a good counter to the one of the black bear crossing the road in a busy South Florida neighborhood, too.
    — Austin Perry, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The tornado continued east toward Hillsdale, Kansas, and strengthened to an EF-2 after crossing Hospital Road.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of crossing

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“Circumnavigating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumnavigating. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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