1
as in to bypass
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 to avoid
to avoid by going around
circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route
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3
as in to traverse
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 circumvent
Experts say the vessels are being used by Russia to circumvent curbs on its oil exports.
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Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
And we should all be concerned by attempts to erode the right to due process and circumvent our judges and our court system.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
And with hopes to keep up momentum in the U.S., physical pop-ups offer the label an opportunity to circumvent the tariffs nightmare for small brands.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 May 2025
And while neither discussed exceeding the cap, which keeps overall budget appropriations in line with household income and inflation, officials have largely exhausted other options to circumvent that limit without formally going beyond it.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
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Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
And we should all be concerned by attempts to erode the right to due process and circumvent our judges and our court system.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
And with hopes to keep up momentum in the U.S., physical pop-ups offer the label an opportunity to circumvent the tariffs nightmare for small brands.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 May 2025
And while neither discussed exceeding the cap, which keeps overall budget appropriations in line with household income and inflation, officials have largely exhausted other options to circumvent that limit without formally going beyond it.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvent
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The goal was to allow qualified drivers to bypass slowing down for Border Patrol agents who glance into vehicles and might ask questions.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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Aphids can give birth to nymphs, bypassing the egg stage.—
Markis Hill,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2025
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Snow cowered in the back, avoiding eye contact when Kiersten tried reaching her hand out.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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While most infections occur during recreational freshwater activities, people trying to clean their sinuses are advised to use distilled, sterilized or boiled — and then cooled — water to avoid infection or illness.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2025
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In the sneak peek clip, an array of ocean animals traverse great distances in search of food, including travelling to seamounts — underwater mountains up to three miles high.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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But, given the unlimited wonders accessible to the owner of a TARDIS that can traverse all of space and time, the Doctor's ongoing obsession with Earth and its people (particularly the UK) seems slightly incongruous.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
3 June 2025
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The last few months have borne witness to AI systems learning to mislead, cheat, and try to evade shutdown—even resorting to blackmail.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
3 June 2025
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Massey has evaded hundreds of authorities in a multistate manhunt.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Two people, circling each other, face-to-face, trying to—through that close looking—gauge each other’s interest in limits and limitations, in line-crossing.—
Hanif Abdurraqib
June 12,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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Share your favorite joke, show him a funny video on your phone, or introduce him to the latest meme circling the internet.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 June 2025
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According to the sheriff's office, the zebra escaped into a wooded area off Interstate 24 between Joe B. Jackson Parkway and the Epps Mill Road exits Saturday afternoon.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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While restaurants, meatpackers and countless other businesses now risk having workers targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, tech employers have largely escaped Trump administration scrutiny for their use of foreign labor.—
Alec MacGillis,
ProPublica,
3 June 2025
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As of Tuesday afternoon, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
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There are single and double cultivars offering variations on the classic yellow center encircled by white petals.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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What can also be said with certainty, however, is that — even ignoring, for one moment, the events that brought him to Chelmsford crown court in Essex, east of London — this is a story of what might have been.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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Public health is too important to rely on speculation and too important to ignore when the data speaks for itself.—
Olga Bolden-Tiller,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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“Circumvent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumvent. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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