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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Following the Civil War and Reconstruction, prisons were a way of circumventing the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
The then-head of the bank also was arrested for allegedly circumventing procedures in releasing the money to the charity.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of circumventing

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Her style is pithy and blunt, avoiding the ornate sentence structure of classical German.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
However early the experiment might be, the launch is a milestone for an emerging technology that has the potential to help meet AI’s growing demand for compute while avoiding the constraints on resources like power, water, and land on Earth.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of avoiding

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Giulia eventually entered through the back door, inadvertently bypassing the cameras Conor had set up to capture her reaction.

— Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2026
The developer had planned to build a 27-story tower with 111 luxury condos, but earlier this year added workforce housing under the Live Local Act, effectively bypassing local density and height restrictions.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of bypassing

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October 06, 2026 Optimism isn’t about ignoring problems or pretending everything will work out.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 6 Oct. 2026
Sutskever is the moral center of the film and grows increasingly uncomfortable as Altman forges ahead with complicated AI models that have learned how to lie, willfully ignoring risks.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignoring

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Tankers have undertaken ship-to-ship transfers as a means of evading possible attack.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
In March, Fedorov said about 2 million Ukrainian men were evading service, while about 200,000 soldiers had deserted or left their units without authorization.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of evading

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