circumvention

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Recent Examples of circumvention The law prohibits the circumvention of security measures used online by a ticket issuer. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025 Sora’s release, and the rapid circumvention of its authentication mechanisms, is a reminder that society is unprepared for the next wave of increasingly realistic, personalized deepfakes. Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 20 Oct. 2025 Also, 7 percent of the vote went to harsher penalties for cap circumvention. Zach Harper, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 This is why some see the design as a circumvention of the rules. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvention
Noun
  • 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
  • Two members of Milwaukee County's Board of Supervisors are proposing a new strategy to reduce fare evasion on county buses that would place uniformed security staff on buses and at high-evasion bus stops.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The investigation also uncovered evidence of widespread sanctions evasion.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That’s evidenced by the GOP’s skirting of the issue.
    CNN.com, Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • 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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“Circumvention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumvention. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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