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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Recent Examples of shortcut
Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Apple's and Microsoft’s apps also make plenty of keyboard shortcuts readily available.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
The meatloaf patty method is a shortcut, cutting at least 75% of the cook time of a traditional meatloaf.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
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Verb
Once dismissed as a streaky shortcut to summer, self-tan has emerged from the shadows of the beauty aisle to become one of skincare’s most dynamic and strategic categories.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Apple's and Microsoft’s apps also make plenty of keyboard shortcuts readily available.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
Ideally, more hikers will then see other hikers not taking shortcuts and will follow suit.
—Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 11 June 2025
The meatloaf patty method is a shortcut, cutting at least 75% of the cook time of a traditional meatloaf.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut
Verb
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In doing so, Ford circumvented a hefty 25% tariff and only paid a 2.5% import duty.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
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Presidents since Nixon have circumvented the resolution by simply not recognizing it or by asserting their power as commander in chief.—
ELIZABETH N. SAUNDERS,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The survey’s cutoff date was June 18, days before the US bombed Iran, targeting its three main nuclear sites.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
24 June 2025
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Sometimes those special circumstances go against national pride: there have been fallow years for British tennis in which the club has decided not to award all the wild cards, instead giving the spots to the players ranked just outside the cutoff for entry.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
Verb
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If Michael Misa is somehow bypassed after the first two picks, the Blackhawks would be happy to take him.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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In some cases, this might mean bypassing or delaying scheduled stops, particularly if the medical need is critical and the ship is far from land.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Plus, lighthouse fans can find more than 100 beacons along the route.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
17 June 2025
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Humanitarian aid sites and routes in Gaza have become flashpoints in recent weeks, according to the Hamas-run ministry.—
Ellie Kaufman,
ABC News,
17 June 2025
Verb
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The movie also acknowledges that there is a climate crisis, but tries to avoid having viewers frozen with fear.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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But Augustin pleaded guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime, avoiding even more prison time if he had been convicted by a Queens jury on the manslaughter charge.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The Verge reported a Tesla Model Y robotaxi briefly traveled the wrong way down a road in Austin.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
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The government urged residents to remain calm, head to the nearest safest place and to use main roads only when necessary.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
23 June 2025
Verb
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If your privacy practices have been less than perfect in the past—and whose have not, given the vanishingly tiny odds of evading every form of digital data collection—additional information about you from over the years is likely available from hundreds of data brokers.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
16 June 2025
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Hundreds of Iranian missiles rained down across Israel beginning Saturday night, some of them evading the country's sophisticated defense systems.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
15 June 2025
Noun
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The homeowners association will require residents to park inside their garages to prevent the spillover of parking onto neighborhood streets, See said.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 June 2025
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Small blue and red Juneteenth flag with a star and the date June 19, 1865, waving in the wind at a street vendor's stall in front of shops on 125th Street in Harlem, New York...—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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“Shortcut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortcut. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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