shortcut 1 of 2

verb

Definition of shortcutnext
as in to circumvent
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements?

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shortcut

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noun

as in cutoff

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Recent Examples of shortcut
Verb
An agency that shortcuts training is an agency prone to lethal errors. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 The remote even has shortcut buttons that take you directly to streaming services. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
Noun
The creamy roasted garlic sauce is an easy shortcut for everything from fettuccine to chicken and vegetables. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026 The viral practice, known as dry scooping, may look like a shortcut to a harder workout. — Dr. Onaola Adedeji, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shortcut
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut
  1. circumvent
  2. cutoff
  3. bypass
  4. route
  5. avoid
  6. road
  7. evade
  8. street
Verb
  • Iran has been subject to Western sanctions for years and has become deft at partially circumventing them.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Starting in the 1990s, underground bankers set up shell companies and bank accounts in Hong Kong to circumvent mainland China’s capital controls.
    — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of circumvent
Noun
  • Sunday also is the cutoff to get the six automatic spots on the Presidents Cup.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Samsung and Google have both declined to confirm where exactly the Gemini Intelligence cutoff falls.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of cutoff
Verb
  • That was enough to prevent the administration from slapping Apple with higher tariffs, bypassing a massive increase in production costs.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Choosing to house the forthcoming museum in the Arts and Industries Building would enable the Smithsonian to bypass the need for congressional approval.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bypass
Noun
  • The train began blocking the crossing on Tuesday morning, forcing drivers to find alternate routes.
    — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The narrow, 50-mile artificial waterway cuts through the Central American country, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and saving time and fuel along the shorter transit route.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of route
Verb
  • The second, Kiyosaki’s actual father, served as an example of what to avoid.
    — Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026
  • When Mica went to her sister Sierra’s home to avoid these situations, Miller allegedly threatened to show up at the house armed.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of avoid
Noun
  • Authorities on Wednesday pre-emptively announced that roads leading to the port would be closed to non-emergency vehicles for seven days, according to state media.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Under the new collective bargaining agreement, each NHL team must sign a permanent emergency backup who will be at every home game and travel with the team to all road games (like a bullpen catcher in Major League Baseball).
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of road
Verb
  • Those risks include scenarios in which AI could help create chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, autonomously carry out serious cyberattacks, or evade human control.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The father-daughter duo has set up shop ensconced in the woods, herding donkeys and so far evading the violence closing in on them from the outside.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of evade
Noun
  • Weeks before the war, Iranians took to the streets to protest rising costs and inflation.
    — Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Among the changes needed on the city’s streets was the welding of more than 200 manhole covers to ensure the race cars don’t suck them up off the road.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of street

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“Shortcut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortcut. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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