SHORTCUTTING Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

shortcutting

verb

present participle of shortcut

as in circumventing

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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Australia doubled the maximum penalty imposed on social media companies that fail to comply with the ban on under-16 users, as evidence grew that children are circumventing restrictions.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 30 June 2026
Another means of circumventing the protection of the real property company is through veil piercing using an alter ego theory.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of circumventing

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The country was able to keep its oil business mostly afloat by bypassing the strait with pipelines that shipped oil to a port in Yanbu on the other side of the nation.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
Many stores now donate directly to food pantries, bypassing the food bank altogether.

— John Lowrey, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

Definition of bypassing

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Make Participation Effortless Reduce friction to the point where using it feels like less effort than ignoring it.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
For example, today, Americans might believe that the demands of racial equity or of evangelical Christianity are so pressing that executive power would be justified in ignoring the legislature or the judiciary to serve them.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Definition of ignoring

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The suspect, 30‑year‑old Trevion Mark of Fort Worth, was arrested nearby without incident and charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle, according to DPS.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Mark was charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle and booked into the Tarrant County Jail.

— Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Definition of evading

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