CIRCUMVENTING Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

circumventing

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present participle of circumvent

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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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 also signed an executive order to pay other workers, circumventing Congress again. —

Sam Gringlas, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026 Internet users have gotten used to circumventing the restrictions by using virtual private networks, or VPNs, even as the government has been actively blocking those, too. —

ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026 Since the start of the war, cryptocurrency flowing into Iran has surged, in what experts say is a sign the government is trying to provide civilians with a financial lifeline while circumventing sanctions. —

Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 Apr. 2026 Trump has remained open in his positioning toward Moscow, even declining on Sunday to blast it for circumventing his oil blockade on Cuba. —

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 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

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Subway trains resumed stopping at the station in the afternoon after bypassing it for hours, according to the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s website.

— Julie Walker, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
The stabbings impacted just the subway portion of Grand Central, with some trains temporarily bypassing the station, according to Bill Amarosa, executive vice president of subways at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026