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
Mike Shriberg, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Today, the agency views the study and application of artificial intelligence as a natural evolution of this commitment — integrated not as a shortcut, but as a disciplined set of tools within proprietary workflows designed to enhance creative output.
—Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The remote has shortcut buttons for both Amazon Prime and Netflix and both shows and movies came out crisp and clear.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Scrutiny of the pipeline Built in 1953, Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline carries petroleum products mostly from western Canada’s tar sands to refineries in eastern Canada, using the Great Lakes as a shortcut.
—Mike Shriberg, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2025
Today, the agency views the study and application of artificial intelligence as a natural evolution of this commitment — integrated not as a shortcut, but as a disciplined set of tools within proprietary workflows designed to enhance creative output.
—Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
Quality of life improvements that make the game more manageable in a modern sense can often shortcut elements that were there to increase tension or complexity.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The remote has shortcut buttons for both Amazon Prime and Netflix and both shows and movies came out crisp and clear.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut
Verb
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The federal government argued that the lower courts were circumventing the power of the justices and improperly limiting the authority of the Department of Homeland Security.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Tom Worthington, from the Australian National University’s School of Computing, said circumventing a shutdown that appeared to have been ordered by the country’s Taliban leader would be risky for ordinary Afghans.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The list below ranks them from the lowest to highest share within the 25% cutoff.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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This year’s cutoff for the top 10 is $13 million, up from the 2024 cutoff of $9 million; half of the league’s coaches are now making $10 million, after a series of new hires and extensions, based on conversations with a half-dozen people familiar with NFL coaching contracts.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In that window, developers filed 25 builder’s remedy applications (22 of which are still in process)—projects that can bypass local zoning.—
Belal Aftab,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The deep-water port will allow large Chinese cargo and energy ships to bypass the Strait of Malacca, the narrow waterway between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore through which China conducts two-thirds of its maritime trade and imports 80 percent of its oil.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The new truck routes and restrictions are the result of study, coordination and collaboration between city officials, local residents, area small business owners and trucking companies, city officials said.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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This left kids, seniors and people from nonwhite, working-class communities with few alternative routes.—
Menika Dirkson,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Refrain from entering water that may have electricity in it and avoid walking through floodwaters.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Engelbert said Friday that the league and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association continue to meet and negotiate with the hopes of avoiding a work stoppage.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nearby roads and highways were closed to allow fire crews access to the area.—
Charles Ventura,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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There is a road closure on US-69 between NW Platte Road and MO-9.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Slimy Lunch Meats Lunch meats are one of those things that often evade clean-outs.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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But when the Coast Guard approached on a 45-foot response boat, authorities said, the cuddy cabin boat began racing south to evade arrest.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Based on events and social media posts from recent months, bad blood hasn't been flowing from our side of the street.—
Amanda Hancock,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Customers queuing up for one of Dutch Bros' signature sweet drinks, spilling onto Winton and neighboring streets.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Shortcut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortcut. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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