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as in to bypass
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code
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2
as in to avoid
to avoid by going around
circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route
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3
as in to traverse
to travel completely around
most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain
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Recent Examples of circumvent
This is both a result of Emery and the Villa coaching staff designing patterns of play to circumvent opponents’ defensive setups and Tielemans’ intelligence in recognising where the space is in the middle of a match.
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
The Senate took its annual August recess, even further delaying the confirmations as Republicans consider passing rule changes to circumvent Democrat filibuster tactics.
—Peter Aitken
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
This was a move to circumvent the California Values Act and the county’s own Board Policy on Immigration Enforcement, and an attempt to coerce local sheriffs into executing a federal agenda that upends due process, undermines fundamental constitutional protections, and erodes public trust.
—Erin Tsurumoto Grassi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
By circumventing and nearly eradicating its roots, the brand was met with positive and negative responses.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
The Senate took its annual August recess, even further delaying the confirmations as Republicans consider passing rule changes to circumvent Democrat filibuster tactics.
—Peter Aitken
hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
This was a move to circumvent the California Values Act and the county’s own Board Policy on Immigration Enforcement, and an attempt to coerce local sheriffs into executing a federal agenda that upends due process, undermines fundamental constitutional protections, and erodes public trust.
—Erin Tsurumoto Grassi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
By circumventing and nearly eradicating its roots, the brand was met with positive and negative responses.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvent
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Anyone wishing to bypass the middleman and go directly to Brown’s GoFundMe page can do so at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-bruce-battle-rare-blood-cancer.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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The company's solution bypasses traditional banking infrastructure entirely.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
6 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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Xi needs to shore up government finances, consolidate industries, and avoid further international barriers to Chinese exports and investment.—
Scott Kennedy,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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Always, there was a sense of knowing between us; a cosmic queerness that traverses time and space.—
m. mick powell
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Lying low in his childhood bedroom during the Bicentennial summer of 1976, Schuyler decided that the only way to traverse the days was to throw across them a long poem, like a rope bridge.—
Dan Chiasson,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Scammers distribute invitations to food truck owners through Gmail accounts, often using multiple email addresses to evade scam blocking filters.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The other, finished in Sebring Orange, was able to evade authorities briefly but was eventually located three hours away in Martin County, Indiana.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 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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Both eateries are open to the public, making this a great place to escape from the heat of the day while peeking inside the incredible interior of this historic building.—
Carley Rojas Ávila,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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What does this have to do with the series’ opening scene, in which nurse Melvin (Dan Fogler, whose recognizability counts as an early spoiler) escapes from a burning apartment, unable to save his mother?—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 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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This isn’t about weakening rights or ignoring the role of guns.—
For the Carroll County Times,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Aug. 2025
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Or Joe Biden when Putin ignored his warnings and invaded Ukraine in 2022.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Circumvent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumvent. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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