1
as in to bypass
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code
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2
as in to avoid
to avoid by going around
circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route
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3
as in to traverse
to travel completely around
most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain
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Recent Examples of circumvent
Attempting to circumvent congressional authority would almost certainly draw legal challenges, notes Josh Cowen, professor of education policy at Michigan State University's College of Education in a blog post.
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
If the governor won’t help legislators circumvent the spending cap for school aid, lawmakers must either cut other programs or force a second showdown.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
Other charges include circumventing internal business controls and the falsification of business records to allegedly hide the payments ComEd was making.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Trying to circumvent that process by removing or intimidating a judge – with violence or with impeachment – could endanger both judges and their families, and American democracy, experts and legal scholars say.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
If the governor won’t help legislators circumvent the spending cap for school aid, lawmakers must either cut other programs or force a second showdown.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
Other charges include circumventing internal business controls and the falsification of business records to allegedly hide the payments ComEd was making.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Trying to circumvent that process by removing or intimidating a judge – with violence or with impeachment – could endanger both judges and their families, and American democracy, experts and legal scholars say.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumvent
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The major criticism was that the policy fails to go far enough or establish clear barriers to protect women's athletes in the college ranks and that the policy allegedly allows trans athletes to bypass the restriction by changing the gender on their birth certificate.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal allowed Ukraine to export grain by sea, with ships bypassing a Russian blockade of the country’s Black Sea ports and navigating safe passage through the waterway to Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait in order to reach global markets.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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Soundproofing your apartment and crate-training your pup will help your dog bark less and avoid complaints from angry neighbors.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the censure debate on Tuesday, opposition MPs reportedly questioned the prime minister’s knowledge gaps and accused her of avoiding questions from reporters.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2025
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Corporate boardrooms and executive teams will need to traverse this new landscape, by weighing the risks of maintaining their DEI teams and initiatives against the potential fallout of revising their DEI policies—or abandoning their efforts completely.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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When trans people are so often portrayed as existing in isolation from other people, this documentary is a joy to watch as Harper and Will traverse the country making each other laugh and drinking bad beer.—
Kate Sosin,
Them.,
27 Mar. 2025
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The group has claimed dozens of strikes against Israel throughout the war in Gaza, some of which have managed to evade the country's state-of-the-art air defense systems.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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Overtourism is to blame That year, a railway company also launched a probe against four popular YouTubers over their stunt to evade fares on public transport, according to local media.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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A lot of people binge-watch 10 episodes of an HBO show that’s a lot of filler, circling the drain.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Four dolphins died, green water and condemned buildings Concerns over conditions at the park began circling in October when three bottlenose dolphins died in just one week.—
Dylan Gentile,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Three adults — the boys’ father, grandmother and grandmother’s boyfriend — were able to escape the fire, which started in the basement and caused about $350,000 in damage to the home and its contents, according to the Carpentersville Fire Department.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Five dogs escaped and brutally attacked a 43-year-old man in Arizona, leading to his death days later, deputies said.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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All of these stones were encircled in frames of gold.—
Rabbi Ashley Englander,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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This piece shows what the brand does best with a clean and minimal typeface encircled by a bent plywood frame.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
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Many such studies ignore, rather than seriously examine, biological realities.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Yet there’s no ignoring the fact that the Rockies would’ve loved to have Brito penciled in as their second baseman this year.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Circumvent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumvent. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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