circumvents

present tense third-person singular of circumvent

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of circumvents But the Free Speech Coalition said companies might still be liable if a user in a state requiring age verification circumvents geographic targeting with a VPN. Jasmine Mithani, Them., 3 Sep. 2025 Unfortunately, this entire process circumvents the necessary regulatory and congressional oversight processes. Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025 The Skydweller’s self-powering design circumvents this logistical constraint. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025 By rerouting vulnerable migrants to unfamiliar nations with little to no infrastructure for receiving refugees, the policy effectively circumvents long-standing international commitments to asylum seekers. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025 More recently, researchers at SPINTEC, in Grenoble and researchers at ICN2 in Barcelona, proposed a different approach that circumvents this problem. IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvents
Verb
  • The ten nations most affected by climate change over two decades received under 2% of total flows, evidence that the money systematically bypasses those on the frontlines.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • That offering bypasses insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, allowing patients to directly purchase Zepbound and some of Eli Lilly’s other drugs from the company.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • RoboBallet avoids this trap by learning general coordination rules rather than memorising specific cases.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The first season of The Office was particularly unpleasant at times, with some of Michael’s most appalling behavior, and The Paper avoids this almost entirely.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Patient data traverses unsecured networks in jurisdictions beyond the scope of oversight.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • If not, grab a booth at MacLaren's and settle in as architect Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) traverses the streets, bars, and rooftop Halloween parties of New York in search of his one true love.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Renewed sanctions may not deal much of an economic blow to Iran, especially if China evades them, but can be a potent political tool to stir fears of vulnerability and future military action, a Washington Institute expert argued.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • There has been a lot of research into understanding how cancer evades the body’s immune system, and the ways that science might be able to get around that.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Location and orbit revealed The team calculated that the moon circles Uranus about 35,000 miles (56,000 kilometers) from the planet’s center.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
  • His falcon still circles, but the sky above Gaza offers no axis, no return path, no center to descend toward, only a deepening orbit around an absence no language can fill.
    Alaa Alqaisi August 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • An energy policy that ignores this will get traction depending on which party is in office but not beyond that.
    Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This perspective ignores the need for people to come to decisions together about truth and reality.
    Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Each element encircles a central void, which Robertson describes as symbolic thresholds–portals between identities, spaces, and ideas.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, the vote passes and the Imperial Fleet encircles the planet, all according to plan.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Pete escapes into the snowy woods, but Lambert tracks him down and ties him up.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Kafka always escapes interpretation.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025

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