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 and Vance are now apparently circumventing that existing structure not for public safety, but for politics and power.
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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
Republican state lawmakers opposed the measure, saying the Legislature was circumventing its process and abandoning transparency and accountability in order to funnel tax dollars to a political ally.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Leonard has one season left on his deal after this one, with uncertainty surrounding him in the league’s investigation into the Aspiration situation, in which Leonard and the Clippers are accused of circumventing the NBA’s salary-cap rules.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Learning French, German, Italian, or Spanish also offered a means of circumventing Ireland’s draconian censorship regime.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Last year, Zohran Mamdani successfully pulled off a longshot bid for mayor despite strong opposition from the Post and from The New York Times’ opinion section, largely by running a campaign fueled by circumventing old media with buzzy viral videos and stunts.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Their Eyes also reveals the workers speaking openly in Slack group chats, sharing their frustrations and their ideas for circumventing the crowdworking platforms.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
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
Republican state lawmakers opposed the measure, saying the Legislature was circumventing its process and abandoning transparency and accountability in order to funnel tax dollars to a political ally.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Leonard has one season left on his deal after this one, with uncertainty surrounding him in the league’s investigation into the Aspiration situation, in which Leonard and the Clippers are accused of circumventing the NBA’s salary-cap rules.
—Law Murray, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Learning French, German, Italian, or Spanish also offered a means of circumventing Ireland’s draconian censorship regime.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Last year, Zohran Mamdani successfully pulled off a longshot bid for mayor despite strong opposition from the Post and from The New York Times’ opinion section, largely by running a campaign fueled by circumventing old media with buzzy viral videos and stunts.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Their Eyes also reveals the workers speaking openly in Slack group chats, sharing their frustrations and their ideas for circumventing the crowdworking platforms.
—Farren Fei Yuan, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumventing
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The other is simply bypassing the arguments over labels and centering public conversations on the ideas most Americans already embrace, namely entrepreneurship, innovation, free enterprise and individual agency.—
Justin Callais,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jesse Andrews was one of the writers on Pixar’s whimsical Italian Riviera fable Luca, a gentle charmer that became a 2021 pandemic casualty, bypassing theaters to go straight to Disney+.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Mar. 2026
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After resolving debt and avoiding Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the always press-averse Ellison departed Hollywood right before the COVID-19 pandemic and largely stayed away for a number of years.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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Miller said avoiding commercial terminals is purposefully built into RetrievAir’s business model.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
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Consider how satellites reflect sunlight while also circling our planet very quickly.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Cars circling endlessly around full parking lots and lines of vehicles stretched for miles along the routes to enter the park.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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At an initial court appearance, Vaca pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping a policeman, resisting CHP officers, and evading police.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The remaining charges included unlawful carrying of a weapon, theft, evading arrest, burglary, fraud and unauthorized use of a vehicle.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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The French carrier had already rerouted three of its services traversing the Suez Canal back around the Cape of Good Hope due to the uncertainty in the region.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Mar. 2026
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With commercial truck builds that are bigger than average cars, difficulty halting, and limited maneuvering, these factors can make traversing construction zones riskier for commercial truck drivers.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2026
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Some designers find success ignoring social media altogether.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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But there was no ignoring the visuals that made their way out.—
Lily Moayeri,
Rolling Stone,
3 Mar. 2026
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As of writing this article, there are about 14,000 satellites orbiting our planet — nearly 10,000 of which belong to SpaceX — and the number is going to increase aggressively as commercial interests in this realm continue to grow.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Both the European Space Agency (ESA) and China’s Institute of Optoelectronics have reported successful gigabit-speed laser links to high-orbiting satellites.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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In modern history, Iran actually gave refuge to Jews that were escaping the Nazis during the Second World War, giving them refuge and sanctuary in Iran.—
Scott Pelley,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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As the material appears to shift from soft to hard, the outward and downward movements of the tubes no longer suggest the gentle pressure of filling and escaping air, but imply a decidedly more violent bending and crushing of metal, as if the tubes had been pushed out of shape against their will.—
Gordon Hughes,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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