How to Use circumvent in a Sentence

circumvent

verb
  • He found a way to circumvent the law.
  • We circumvented the problem by using a different program.
  • Outlet events like this one can be a good way to circumvent a lack of sales.
    — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 24 July 2021
  • The judge said the group can’t use courts to circumvent the claims and appeal process.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • City did not seek to evade or circumvent it with grand tactical plots.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Some of them will circumvent the ban and stay on social media.
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Become conscious of your blind spots and learn how to circumvent them.
    — Ivan Ehlers, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023
  • But just as often, soldiers found ways to circumvent the rules.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Jan. 2023
  • It's since gotten harder to circumvent, but there are still ways to get around the ban.
    — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Wild attempts have been made to circumvent the counter-sanctions.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 28 May 2026
  • But high-cost lenders can circumvent such limits, known as usury caps, through what are known as rent-a-bank schemes.
    — NBC News, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Narcotics can treat pain, but may also circumvent the need to address its cause.
    — Dr. Patricia Richard, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
  • To circumvent this, the glasses come with a lens shade that clips onto the front of the glasses.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PCMAG, 14 Mar. 2023
  • This method was meant to circumvent fees Apple charges through the App store.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • But Hoekstra says teens have figured out ways to circumvent these rules.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
  • When the system’s rigged against you, try to undermine it or circumvent it.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • When the system’s rigged against you, try to undermine it or circumvent it.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • By locking in a mortgage rate now, buyers can circumvent any changes that can cause rates to spike again.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • And we should all be concerned by attempts to erode the right to due process and circumvent our judges and our court system.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
  • Steals, blocks, deflections, charges, all these things are ways to circumvent the process of man defense.
    — Mat Issa, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Getting a mix of protein, fiber, and fat will fill you up and circumvent grazing later on.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 17 Nov. 2020
  • Should gun parts made and sold in-state be allowed to circumvent federal gun control laws?
    — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, 17 June 2021
  • To circumvent the makeshift gallows, workers started drilling more holes above other parts of the vault.
    — Donald Beaulieu, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But investing in the best luxury bath towels is one way to circumvent the lack of me time.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
  • New ways to circumvent the limitations are already in the works.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • And that could mean timing a mortgage rate lock to circumvent any additional rate hikes still to come.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 7 May 2026
  • The amount of work needed to circumvent all of these systems far outweighs the benefits.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2020
  • Boise circumvented the law by making the Pride flag one of its official city flags.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 20 Feb. 2026
  • What happened this weekend circumvented all of that.
    — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Wealthy and well-connected farmers found ways to circumvent the changes or twist them to their own advantage.
    — Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025

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