1
as in bypassing
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 avoiding
to avoid by going around
circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route
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as in circling
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 circumventing
Trump has remained open in his positioning toward Moscow, even declining on Sunday to blast it for circumventing his oil blockade on Cuba.
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2026
The Houthi attack comes just as Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is now pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, sending crude to the Red Sea port of Yanbu and circumventing the Strait of Hormuz.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
The league accused Rodman of circumventing the salary cap and the NWSL Players Association promptly filed a grievance against the league on her behalf.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
But critics see it as effectively the same practice, circumventing states’ sports betting laws and operating in places that have banned the practice.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
After the shooting OpenAI vowed to make its AI safer, including measures to prevent users from circumventing bans on the platform.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Trump and Vance are now apparently circumventing that existing structure not for public safety, but for politics and power.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The couple also allegedly photographed hundreds of computer screens containing confidential information from Google and Company 2, in what appeared to be an attempt at circumventing digital monitoring tools.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Trump recently vowed to take executive action if the SAVE America Act fails, circumventing Congress.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Mar. 2026
The Houthi attack comes just as Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is now pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, sending crude to the Red Sea port of Yanbu and circumventing the Strait of Hormuz.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
The league accused Rodman of circumventing the salary cap and the NWSL Players Association promptly filed a grievance against the league on her behalf.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
But critics see it as effectively the same practice, circumventing states’ sports betting laws and operating in places that have banned the practice.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026
After the shooting OpenAI vowed to make its AI safer, including measures to prevent users from circumventing bans on the platform.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
Trump and Vance are now apparently circumventing that existing structure not for public safety, but for politics and power.
—Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
The couple also allegedly photographed hundreds of computer screens containing confidential information from Google and Company 2, in what appeared to be an attempt at circumventing digital monitoring tools.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Trump recently vowed to take executive action if the SAVE America Act fails, circumventing Congress.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumventing
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Under Noem’s leadership, officers were accused of using force to arrest immigrants, detaining them in squalid conditions and bypassing due process to rapidly deport immigrants.—
Rebecca Santana,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Under Noem’s leadership, officers were accused of using force to arrest immigrants, detaining them in squalid conditions and bypassing due process to rapidly deport immigrants.—
Rebecca Santana,
Twin Cities,
23 Mar. 2026
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Officials recommend planning transportation if drinking, avoiding open containers in vehicles and being aware of behavior in public spaces, according to TxDOT and Texas DPS.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Regular theme-parkgoers may find themselves in ruts, making favorites their top priority while avoiding others out of habit.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Christian Bale had reportedly been circling the project, which will be directed by Scott Cooper.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives may be on a production pause, but news circling the series’ cast has not slowed down.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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He is charged with evading arrest or detention with a vehicle — a third-degree felony — along with multiple traffic offenses.—
Faith Bugenhagen,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Mar. 2026
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Arnel Belizaire, a member of Haiti's parliament, was arrested on charges including financing terrorism and conspiracy against state security after evading national police for two months, authorities said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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The bridge connects Chinatown with Dodger Stadium, traversing the 110.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Her accompanying tour is her longest headline run yet, traversing North America, Europe and the UK.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
24 Mar. 2026
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That is it for Elena, who marches out of the galley and up the Katina’s many levels, storming past wide-eyed stews and unsuspecting guests, ignoring the fact that service has basically already started, in order to reach Jason on the sundeck.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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Sable has been accused of repeatedly ignoring the directives of state and local officials, as well as committing criminal acts related to California environmental and coastal laws.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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The discovery history of WISPIT 2 WISPIT 2b was the first infant planet discovered around this infant star, detected last year and determined to have a mass around five times that of Jupiter and orbiting its parent star at a distance equivalent to 60 times the distance between Earth and the sun.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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But despite a lot of space start-ups aiming to build orbiting habitats, no commercial space station has yet materialized, and NASA leadership is losing patience.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
24 Mar. 2026
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The leak caught on camera Researchers discovered a visible plume of radioactive material escaping from a ventilation pipe near the reactor compartment, corroborated by elevated radionuclide levels in water samples and plutonium isotope ratios.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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Betrayal also makes escaping abusive relationships, including physically violent ones, difficult.—
Anne P. DePrince,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Circumventing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumventing. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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