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bypassing 1 of 2

noun

as in sidestepping

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verb

present participle of bypass

as in circumventing

to avoid by going around we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road

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as in ignoring

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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as in avoiding

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 bypassing

Noun

Some strains are now capable of identifying and bypassing backups, targeting critical systems first and spreading laterally across devices and networks. — Ro'ee Margalit, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 After weeks of testing, Fable 5 is no longer vulnerable to a bypassing method discovered by Amazon researchers that identified several software vulnerabilities and triggered the export curbs. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026 Assistive listening studies report that bypassing room acoustics and delivering audio directly can improve signal‑to‑noise ratios by 15–20 dB, making announcements comprehensible and lectures clearer [8]. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026 The facility, intended as the largest addition to the White House since the Oval Office, has sparked debate among historians, preservationists, commentators, and the public due to its demolition of the historic East Wing and the bypassing of standard preservation reviews. — Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

Verb

Fake accounts were a common method of bypassing the ban. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 28 June 2026 Many stores now donate directly to food pantries, bypassing the food bank altogether. — John Lowrey, The Conversation, 6 July 2026 The country was able to keep its oil business mostly afloat by bypassing the strait with pipelines that shipped oil to a port in Yanbu on the other side of the nation. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 July 2026 They can be launched inside, or near, national borders, bypassing missile defenses, which are designed to detect supersonic missiles fired from abroad. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Essence Fest is transforming into a crucial business development hub for Black entrepreneurs, bypassing traditional corporate channels. — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The purpose of the 34 mile pipeline from Middletown to Montville is to increase pressure in the existing distribution system and enable the company to continue gas service in the event of a failure by bypassing the trouble spot. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026 InMobi said that by bypassing traditional product catalogs, the system transforms the standard living room screen from a passive entertainment monitor into an immersive digital marketplace. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 June 2026 Several environmental groups have also proposed removing or entirely bypassing the Glen Canyon Dam, draining what's left into Lake Mead, and implementing stricter water conservation measures. — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypassing

Noun

Critics called the change an unjustified, undemocratic sidestepping of the state constitution and the will of voters.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
One was the very clear sidestepping of Palestinian sovereignty, and the second was the issue of Iran.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2026

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Verb

Australia doubled the maximum penalty imposed on social media companies that fail to comply with the ban on under-16 users, as evidence grew that children are circumventing restrictions.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 30 June 2026
Another means of circumventing the protection of the real property company is through veil piercing using an alter ego theory.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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Verb

Make Participation Effortless Reduce friction to the point where using it feels like less effort than ignoring it.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
For example, today, Americans might believe that the demands of racial equity or of evangelical Christianity are so pressing that executive power would be justified in ignoring the legislature or the judiciary to serve them.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

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Noun

Yet most will only remember that Leonard’s tenure in the City of Angels netted zero Larry O’Brien trophies and instead plenty of load management and one ongoing salary cap circumvention investigation.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
However, the fun police in the NBA’s legal department would (correctly) view this is as blatant cap circumvention, and would not treat this as a laughing matter.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of circumvention

Verb

But Alito’s stance against birthright citizenship goes beyond just forgetting his roots.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
For any leader overseeing transformational change, the challenge is figuring out how to fix one part of the company without forgetting about the other parts.

— Tracy Nolan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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The suspect, 30‑year‑old Trevion Mark of Fort Worth, was arrested nearby without incident and charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle, according to DPS.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Mark was charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle and booked into the Tarrant County Jail.

— Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Definition of evading

Noun

Yet by skirting and at times ignoring those rules, ride-sharing companies were able to acquire a critical mass of users in a short period of time.

— Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
The Dominator 3, at its base a Ford F-350, features an armored shell and skirting designed to keep winds from lifting the vehicle; strong windows, equipment for tracking weather data and a hydraulic spike system used to anchor the vehicle to the ground.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025

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