circumvention

noun

Definition of circumventionnext
as in bypassing

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Recent Examples of circumvention That's partly due to the team trading James Harden and Chris Paul last season and sending Leonard to the Toronto Raptors last month after the NBA found the Clippers guilty of violating salary cap-circumvention rules involving him. — CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Yeah, but the Clippers should focus on fighting for their fans, not the billionaire whose apparent salary cap circumvention has the organization in hot water. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The joint statement also calls for stronger action against circumvention practices, greater consideration of environmental and social costs, and a comprehensive approach that protects entire industrial value chains. — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 The end of his tenure there was overshadowed by a salary-cap circumvention scandal that led to massive sanctions against his now-former team. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Another key contract is the collective bargaining agreement, which prohibits salary-cap circumvention. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026 The first episode features Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pablo Torre, discussing the continuing fallout from the Clippers’ salary cap circumvention scandal in the NBA. — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvention
  1. bypassing
  2. evasion
  3. skirting
  4. sidestepping
Noun
  • After weeks of testing, Fable 5 is no longer vulnerable to a bypassing method discovered by Amazon researchers that identified several software vulnerabilities and triggered the export curbs.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • Assistive listening studies report that bypassing room acoustics and delivering audio directly can improve signal‑to‑noise ratios by 15–20 dB, making announcements comprehensible and lectures clearer [8].
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of bypassing
Noun
  • Chiu was convicted of murder, second-degree robbery, assault with a firearm and reckless evasion of police.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Department of Justice (DOJ) maintains that the restriction is a legitimate tool for preventing tax evasion and protecting federal revenue.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of evasion
Noun
  • Her neighbor, Ashlee Fattman, pointed out how the skirting around the home, which was surrounded by water, had been left damaged.
    — Patrick Damp, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • That translated into custom upholstery; fabrics sourced from textile sellers Merchant & Mills and Notting Hill’s Cloth Shop; DeVol sconces; and cheery ruffled skirting in the kitchen.
    — Dipal Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of skirting
Noun
  • Critics called the change an unjustified, undemocratic sidestepping of the state constitution and the will of voters.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • One was the very clear sidestepping of Palestinian sovereignty, and the second was the issue of Iran.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of sidestepping

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“Circumvention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumvention. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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