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Recent Examples of circumvention
This is why some see the design as a circumvention of the rules.
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Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Congress and the Commerce Department should execute oversight and enforcement accordingly to monitor for tariff evasion and circumvention.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Researchers also found code modules that mention detecting and slowing down specific circumvention tools.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Ballmer and the Clippers have denied the allegations of salary cap circumvention.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Is salary cap circumvention common in the league?
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Brann ruled the circumvention doesn’t work.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Congress and the Commerce Department should execute oversight and enforcement accordingly to monitor for tariff evasion and circumvention.
—Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Researchers also found code modules that mention detecting and slowing down specific circumvention tools.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Ballmer and the Clippers have denied the allegations of salary cap circumvention.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Is salary cap circumvention common in the league?
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Brann ruled the circumvention doesn’t work.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvention
Noun
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Some strains are now capable of identifying and bypassing backups, targeting critical systems first and spreading laterally across devices and networks.—
Ro'ee Margalit,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eventually charged with two murders, Pulawa got 15 years for tax evasion in 1973, and he was released in 1984.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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The other experiments used a tax evasion game that incentivized participants to misreport their earnings to get a bigger payout.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Dominator 3, at its base a Ford F-350, features an armored shell and skirting designed to keep winds from lifting the vehicle; strong windows, equipment for tracking weather data and a hydraulic spike system used to anchor the vehicle to the ground.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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Architectural Details From cornices to skirting boards, architectural features are part of the foundation of English style.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Circumvention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumvention. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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