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Recent Examples of circumvent But the Free Speech Coalition said companies might still be liable if a user in a state requiring age verification circumvents geographic targeting with a VPN. Jasmine Mithani, Them., 3 Sep. 2025 More concerning for the NFL, the group seriously weighed options to circumvent the entire draft process, according to a book published this year by Seth Wickersham. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Accuracy in Media, a conservative organization, released a video appearing to show a Reading Schools counselor advising parents to not disclose their child's trans identity to circumvent state laws. Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025 Joining them was an entourage of friends, brought not merely for camaraderie but to allow Bowyer to circumvent his own betting limits. David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for circumvent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvent
Verb
  • Mobile check-in allows guests to bypass the lobby and go straight to their rooms using the hotel’s app, if desired.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • If platforms don’t support how work actually gets done—like handoffs, lead qualification or follow-up timing—users will bypass them.
    Al Sefati, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Take extra caution when on the road or avoid driving if possible.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Refrain from entering water that may have electricity in it and avoid walking through floodwaters.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The project also calls for several banquet rooms, as well as a 6-foot-wide waterfront walkway, open to the public during business hours, that traverses the perimeter of the property.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In two seasons, released in 2022 and 2025, the show traverses the Star Wars galaxy to show what means people employ to consolidate power and what risks others take to stop empire.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The discovery adds a new dimension to understanding cancer and therapy resistance, where cells often evade treatment by shifting states.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But Moscow has found ways to evade these.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Less than 12 seconds later, the vehicle was off the runway, but the plane had already started circling the airport.
    Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Mesa smacked his first career MLB home run — a three-run blast 394 feet to right field — to provide the highlight of the night for the Marlins, who watched the Nationals circle the bases for most of the game.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With roughly 180 resorts spread across its atolls, there are dozens of worthy five-star escapes to choose from.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Auger-Aliassime played some of his best tennis since the early 2020s in the second and fourth sets, winning the former and having Sinner on the edge of going a break down for 3-1 in the latter, before the Italian escaped.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By Friday evening, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Israeli tanks now encircle the coastal city from north, south and east.
    Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, sometimes the heat is impossible to ignore — evident in the small sweat stains on Dinkel’s blue collared shirt.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Carrie Severino, president of the conservative advocacy group Judicial Crisis Network, previously told the Washington Examiner that the justices have made recent orders more explicit and clear as lower court judges have ignored the Supreme Court’s previous orders on its emergency docket.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Circumvent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumvent. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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