shortcuts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shortcut
as in circumvents
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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shortcuts

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noun

plural of shortcut
as in cutoffs

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Recent Examples of shortcuts
Verb
An agency that shortcuts training is an agency prone to lethal errors. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcuts
  1. circumvents
  2. cutoffs
  3. bypasses
  4. alleys
  5. avoids
  6. routes
  7. ignores
  8. passageways
Verb
  • Additionally, because the $50 co-payment circumvents Part D, the amount doesn’t count toward a beneficiary’s annual deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.
    — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The exhibit mostly circumvents contextualizing the architectural details of the office, and rather aims to explicate the man who worked within it.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
Definition of circumvents
Noun
  • The low, intermediate, high, and very high categories were created for research, but clinically useful cutoffs for cognitively healthy adults still need to be established.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 July 2026
  • These athletic-style Bermuda shorts offer a comfortable, breezy alternative to denim cutoffs and biker shorts.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
Definition of cutoffs
Verb
  • Hoffman bypasses the typically shallow nature of playing real people to offer something deeper and truer about how the story of In Cold Blood changed Capote’s life.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 17 July 2026
  • Anthropic has reported banning accounts and tightening filters after detecting attempts to use Claude for phishing emails, malicious code and safeguard bypasses.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of bypasses
Noun
  • Think of traditional venues, like bars, movie theaters, and bowling alleys, which have thinned out over the years.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • Vehicles with lone male occupants zigzag down side streets and through alleys, the drivers slowing to gawk at women.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of alleys
Verb
  • Jones hopes the study finds improvements to the current system Charlotte Water works under, and that the state avoids overinvesting into industries that take up a lot of water such as data centers.
    — Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • Assigning responsibility for each bill upfront avoids awkward money moments later.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of avoids
Noun
  • Bab al-Mandab, which translates as the Gate of Tears, is located at the southern end of the Red Sea and is a critical gateway to the Suez Canal, linking Europe and Asia through one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Dipping up and down between mountains and villages, the path takes walkers along Edo-period highways, old mining roads, and ancient routes used for shugendo, Japanese spiritual tradition involving ascetic training on mountain pilgrimages.
    — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Definition of routes
Verb
  • So while the film, on one hand, ignores the political perspective of its victims — including Khalra — its wide-spanning rebuttal to government overreach becomes more palatable to mass audiences in the process.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 July 2026
  • By and large, the General Assembly mocks his policy proposals and ignores his leadership.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026
Definition of ignores
Noun
  • Boltanski’s haunting installation consists of rusting archive boxes stacked to form dark, narrow passageways.
    — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
  • With its whimsical interiors, hidden passageways, and sweeping harbor views, Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House has become one of New England's most imaginative seaside estates.
    — Rachel Holt, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Definition of passageways

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