bypassed

verb

past tense of bypass
1
as in circumvented
to avoid by going around we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road

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2
as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to a serious news event that was bypassed by the mainstream media so that they could concentrate on celebrity gossip

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3
as in avoided
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness you can bypass the graduation requirements if you do enough extra credit

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Recent Examples of bypassed Settlers bypassed local tribal bands and elevated a single Montaukett sachem to sign away vast tracts of land. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Featuring towering stone columns, colorful reliefs (despite being 3,200 years old) and famous carvings, it's bypassed by tour buses heading straight for Hatshepsut. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Why Placer County bypassed the usual bidding process Randall said the county chose an informal process to hire the contractor because officials wanted to begin work quickly. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 That road, which used to be one of the major roads between Waterbury and Middlebury, was bypassed starting in 1928 by the construction of other, busier roads. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026 In July, the company faced another incident when its AI agents bypassed internet restrictions during internal cybersecurity tests and broke into systems belonging to Hugging Face, a platform for sharing AI models and datasets. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 The waiver bypassed the office’s policies, which requires a recommendation from its death penalty committee. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 And in New York, Democrats bypassed an independent commission to pass a gerrymander that favored them, but the state’s highest court struck it down. — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 15 Oct. 2026 Container shipping has largely bypassed the conduit—which harbored shipments of roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil and natural gas supply before the war—throughout the nearly eight-month conflict. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypassed
  1. circumvented
  2. ignored
  3. avoided
  4. evaded
Verb
  • Ballmer and the Clippers are serving vast penalties after the NBA determined the team circumvented the salary cap to steer funds to star Kawhi Leonard.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The sides agreed to that trade in late June but didn't complete it until earlier this month, delaying the process because of the NBA's investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules on Leonard's behalf.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of circumvented
Verb
  • The South's military made a proposal for similar talks in November that the North ignored.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Haredi groups have held public protests, and many have ignored draft notices.
    — Hannah Ridge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of ignored
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  • Alabama avoided its first three-game losing streak since 2007 by beating Texas A&M and returned to the top 10.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Nuggets fans have hoped Denver would have avoided an 0-2 start to the season after dropping the first game of the year to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of avoided
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  • During this time, the streamer consistently ended up with best picture nominations, but top awards have notoriously evaded Netflix films.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But the Hurricanes passer evaded FSU defenders on a key play early in the second quarter, escaping two would-be tacklers and throwing downfield to a wide-open Daylyn Upshaw for a 44-yard gain.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaded

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“Bypassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypassed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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