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
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
Michael Watson, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Active individuals may need nearly twice that amount, but experts say most people can easily meet their needs through food alone despite the recent craze driving a multibillion-dollar wellness trend marketed as a shortcut to build muscle.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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Verb
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
Noun
One shortcut is to look at what other people are doing.
—Michael Watson, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Active individuals may need nearly twice that amount, but experts say most people can easily meet their needs through food alone despite the recent craze driving a multibillion-dollar wellness trend marketed as a shortcut to build muscle.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut
Verb
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Many protestors rallied online on platforms including X Spaces after downloading VPNs to circumvent the shutdown.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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If his primary issue with Comcast buying WBD is CNN, a divestiture or deal without the network could circumvent those issues.—
Alex Sherman,Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In recent days, both Democrats and Republicans desperately tried to avoid the SNAP cutoff, introducing competing measures to insulate the program from the shutdown.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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Other states, both those run by Democrats and those run by Republicans, have taken action in anticipation of a cutoff of federal food aid.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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That allowed Adams to bypass the Democratic primary, in which Mamdani triumphed over Cuomo.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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The team behind TruthScan’s deepfake detection software has previously conducted numerous case studies to bypass detection technology and understand the vulnerabilities in AI detection tools.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tyrick Mitchell and Daniel Munoz are much better at providing the low delivery on the run, while Borna Sosa, trying the aerial route, kept finding the heads of Fredrikstad players in the first leg.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Center assigns them to specific flight routes and schedules where scientists think in-situ data would improve the forecasts as much as possible.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The update to trick-or-treating time was made to avoid a conflict with high school football playoff games.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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To avoid making a bigger mess, place your rug on a tarp, drop cloth, or large piece of plastic instead of directly onto the ground.—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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A day when the Stanley Cup years finally ride the synaptic road back to long-term memory and the brain finally bumps the past for the present.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The floods have also left 11 people missing, inundated more than 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, and damaged roads and railways, cutting off traffic and power in several areas, the government’s disaster agency said in a report.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The company said Perplexity wasn't operating transparently and is evading the company to gain unauthorized access to its store.—
Ashley Capoot,Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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After successfully evading arrest, Lennon remained on the run for 13 years.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Philippines is one of Asia’s most flood-prone countries but this year it has also been mired in a massive corruption scandal involving flood control projects that have brought thousands of protesters out onto the streets.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Waymo has already mapped out portions of San Diego roads and highways and Nalavade said as early as next week, passersby may see a fleet of all-electric Zeekr RT minivans on area streets, further testing and assessing Waymo software.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Shortcut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortcut. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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