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
Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
Courtesy of Terrence O'Brien iA Writer has dark mode and shortcut integration for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
—Terrence O’Brien, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
The 10 programmable buttons are invaluable for quick swaps in FPS games or for customizing shortcuts in apps like Photoshop.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 1 May 2025
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Verb
Caramel candies: Caramel candies are melted down and help provide a foolproof shortcut to making caramel.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
Courtesy of Terrence O'Brien iA Writer has dark mode and shortcut integration for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
—Terrence O’Brien, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
Noun
Your past failures with exterior paint might be traced to any number of shortcuts or mistakes.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
The 10 programmable buttons are invaluable for quick swaps in FPS games or for customizing shortcuts in apps like Photoshop.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut
Verb
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Chinese producers looked to expand trade to Southeast Asia and other regions to circumvent the U.S. tariffs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 May 2025
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As promised, High Commander Wharton (Josh Charles) has closed Jezebel's, circumventing the rebellion's plot to massacre Gilead's most unsavory leaders.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
6 May 2025
Noun
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In 2009, the Atlanta area experienced major flooding, and the culprit was a cutoff low situated to the west of Georgia.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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These are signals that, despite all the tough talk, the two nations’ economies are too intertwined to endure a sudden cutoff of trade without serious damage.—
Ann Scott Tyson,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 May 2025
Verb
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Also, the final order included a new mechanism that would increase the ability for drugmakers to sell directly to consumers, bypassing pharmacy benefits managers.—
Brian Evans,Yun Li,Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
11 May 2025
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The petition bypasses lower courts and asks the state's highest court to take the case directly.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Originally Published: May 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM EDT Most Popular Most Popular Property of the week: Striking historic home along the Connecticut river Parking crunch looms at major CT airport amid route expansion.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2025
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Taking a bus or driving the 435-mile route is also an option.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Make sure to maintain an upright torso and avoid leaning forward or backward.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
13 May 2025
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The key question is whether the data behind digital twins is sound enough to avoid the pitfalls that result in data decay over time (i.e., entropy).—
Mika Newton,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The match concluded a wild road trip that saw Sporting play three road matches in eight days.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2025
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Clark helped the Fever snap a seven-year playoff drought as Indiana shattered league records for home attendance, road attendance and total attendance.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
Verb
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Engineered to evade interception by U.S. defenses such as THAAD, the missile presents a direct challenge to Western military dominance and poses a potential threat to regional allies like Israel.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Vita's Ukrainian mother (my grandmother) survived as an orphan for two years under German occupation and barely evaded being carted off to Germany to work as a forced laborer.—
Sasha Vasilyuk,
Time,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Officers had been dispatched about four minutes earlier after a 911 caller reported a man waving a handgun in the street and pointing it at people near the 200 block of North B Street.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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In recent months, at least 50 birds have died along a residential street in Richmond, a city on the east side of San Francisco Bay.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 May 2025
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“Shortcut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortcut. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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