as in edges
the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something
an old shack on the skirts of the town
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as in bypasses
to avoid by going around
skirted the construction zone
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2
as in circumvents
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations
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3
as in adjoins
to be adjacent to
the commercial district skirts the river's edge
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as in borders
to serve as a border for
the wooden fence that skirts the construction site
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Recent Examples of skirts
Taylor Jean Stephan,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
The company has expanded beyond denim into dresses, skirts, tops and lifestyle apparel.
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Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
There are flag sweaters and skate sneakers and prairie skirts; there are Cheyanne moccasins and Mennonite bonnets and the not-quite-holy Yankees baseball cap.
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Faran Krentcil,
InStyle,
1 July 2026
Short hemlines and heels that match your skin tone are the key to longer-looking legs, and mini skirts like this skort from Senserise are a great way to try out the style without breaking the bank.
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Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2026
The women and girls wore long, bright skirts, and the men wore formal trousers.
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Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
That’s a lot of skirts for CFDA’s Menswear Designer of the Year 2023 and 2024.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
And inside State Farm Arena, generations of soccer and music fans gathered in their wolf ears and belly dancing skirts for the first night of Shakira's Atlanta tour stop.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
This includes velvet, sequins, beads, leather, pleated skirts, and anything highly textured.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
29 June 2026
One through Iranian waters in the north of the strait, and another that skirts Oman's coast to the south.
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Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The rooftop bar, which skirts the edge of the restaurant, comes alive in the summer when locals gather for cocktails and live music under the Scandi sun.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 June 2026
But considering the state of what’s out there, skirts a very fine line.
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Alex Ritman,
Variety,
24 June 2026
Republicans plan to pass the new bill including the ballroom money on party-line votes in both houses of Congress using the reconciliation process that skirts the Senate filibuster.
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Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
The 23rd congressional district skirts the west side of San Antonio and extends all the way to El Paso, encompassing vast swaths of the border.
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Bayliss Wagner,
San Antonio Express-News,
18 Feb. 2026
Congressional Democrats and watchdog groups have in recent days raised concerns that the group, Freedom 250, created as a subsidiary of the National Park Foundation, lacks transparency, skirts federal rules and allows companies and wealthy individuals to buy access to the president’s office.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
Blakespear also leads a subcommittee focused on improving the 351-mile rail line running from San Luis Obispo to San Diego that skirts the coast in several sections.
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Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
Keep scrolling to shop more flowy maxi skirts inspired by Anne Hathaway below.
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Taylor Jean Stephan,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
The company has expanded beyond denim into dresses, skirts, tops and lifestyle apparel.
—
Alexa Lomonaco,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
There are flag sweaters and skate sneakers and prairie skirts; there are Cheyanne moccasins and Mennonite bonnets and the not-quite-holy Yankees baseball cap.
—
Faran Krentcil,
InStyle,
1 July 2026
Short hemlines and heels that match your skin tone are the key to longer-looking legs, and mini skirts like this skort from Senserise are a great way to try out the style without breaking the bank.
—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
1 July 2026
The women and girls wore long, bright skirts, and the men wore formal trousers.
—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
That’s a lot of skirts for CFDA’s Menswear Designer of the Year 2023 and 2024.
—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
And inside State Farm Arena, generations of soccer and music fans gathered in their wolf ears and belly dancing skirts for the first night of Shakira's Atlanta tour stop.
—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
This includes velvet, sequins, beads, leather, pleated skirts, and anything highly textured.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 June 2026
Verb
The Iranian navy said the route, which skirts Iranian waters and hugs the Omani coast, had not been approved.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
29 June 2026
One through Iranian waters in the north of the strait, and another that skirts Oman's coast to the south.
—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
The rooftop bar, which skirts the edge of the restaurant, comes alive in the summer when locals gather for cocktails and live music under the Scandi sun.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 June 2026
But considering the state of what’s out there, skirts a very fine line.
—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
24 June 2026
Republicans plan to pass the new bill including the ballroom money on party-line votes in both houses of Congress using the reconciliation process that skirts the Senate filibuster.
—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2026
The 23rd congressional district skirts the west side of San Antonio and extends all the way to El Paso, encompassing vast swaths of the border.
—
Bayliss Wagner,
San Antonio Express-News,
18 Feb. 2026
Congressional Democrats and watchdog groups have in recent days raised concerns that the group, Freedom 250, created as a subsidiary of the National Park Foundation, lacks transparency, skirts federal rules and allows companies and wealthy individuals to buy access to the president’s office.
—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
Blakespear also leads a subcommittee focused on improving the 351-mile rail line running from San Luis Obispo to San Diego that skirts the coast in several sections.
—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirts
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Lingering Southwest wildfire conditions Elsewhere, thunderstorms expected to track along the heat dome’s edges from the Rockies to the northern Plains, with others forming along the Gulf Coast, could bring temporary afternoon relief, AccuWeather said.
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.
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Abu Dhabi has sent tankers through the strait with their transponders turned off to evade Iranian surveillance, and used a pipeline to Fujairah that bypasses the chokepoint.
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When deleting this temp file, EncryptPro bypasses the Recycle Bin but doesn’t apply secure deletion, so it could theoretically be recovered with forensic software.
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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.
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The exhibit mostly circumvents contextualizing the architectural details of the office, and rather aims to explicate the man who worked within it.
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Flossmoor’s South Commuter Lot, which adjoins the village’s Metra station just steps from downtown, may be reimagined as a public park and community gathering space with the help of an Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant.
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An elevated dining area adjoins a marble and wood kitchen, which features custom rift-oak cabinetry, top-tier stainless-steel appliances, and an oversized island with an integrated breakfast bar.
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Lithuania, which borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, has been one of Ukraine's staunchest allies during Russian President Vladimir Putin's more than four-year conflict with Kyiv, providing extensive military equipment and financial support.
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Sistan-Baluchistan, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan, has long seen clashes between security forces, insurgents and drug smugglers.
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Security teams were designed around human identities and network perimeters.
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The agency said the attackers had allegedly plotted to use drones to cause explosions in buildings surrounding the event, force an evacuation toward a sniper team, and then breach the White House perimeters.
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New research has now demonstrated a simpler approach that avoids the ultrathin selective coatings traditionally considered essential for precise molecular separation.
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The decision avoids an election-year change in the voting rules and may bolster Democrats in the fall election.
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If the armed forces are the instrument through which the president evades the Constitution, then the leaders of those armed forces must answer for their role.
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Panthalassa evades these regional regulatory and environmental obstacles by deploying autonomous computing nodes directly into deep water.
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“Skirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirts. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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