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as in circumvents
to avoid by going around
we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road
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as in ignores
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 avoids
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 bypasses
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
Garcia’s finest new dishes underscore his talent for complexity that bypasses showiness.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Scent bypasses your logical brain, hitting emotions and memory directly.
—Christopher Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 28 Jan. 2026
This direct-to-consumer approach bypasses traditional media gatekeepers and makes fans feel like insiders rather than passive consumers.
—Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
When public investment bypasses certain areas, residents lose access to opportunity.
—Deborah Archer, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
Republicans have another shot to use the special budget reconciliation process, which bypasses the 60-vote requirement in the Senate, to pass party-line budget and tax measures, but there is not yet broad consensus about what would be in such a package.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
When the secretary bypasses or distorts that structure, the guidance loses its claim to legitimacy.
—Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
Like a bird on a wire, bare-hands workers are electrically floating, rather than grounded, so current largely bypasses them via the line itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
In this near-field regime, the light bypasses the diffraction limit and probes nanoscale features.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
Garcia’s finest new dishes underscore his talent for complexity that bypasses showiness.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
Scent bypasses your logical brain, hitting emotions and memory directly.
—Christopher Elliott, Dallas Morning News, 28 Jan. 2026
This direct-to-consumer approach bypasses traditional media gatekeepers and makes fans feel like insiders rather than passive consumers.
—Olivia Shalhoup, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
When public investment bypasses certain areas, residents lose access to opportunity.
—Deborah Archer, Time, 19 Jan. 2026
Republicans have another shot to use the special budget reconciliation process, which bypasses the 60-vote requirement in the Senate, to pass party-line budget and tax measures, but there is not yet broad consensus about what would be in such a package.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
When the secretary bypasses or distorts that structure, the guidance loses its claim to legitimacy.
—Richard Hughes Iv, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
Like a bird on a wire, bare-hands workers are electrically floating, rather than grounded, so current largely bypasses them via the line itself.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypasses
Verb
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Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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In Fraenkel’s account, an authoritarian system can preserve a normative state—courts, procedures, legality—while simultaneously constructing a prerogative state that overrides or circumvents those constraints in the name of necessity, emergency, or national survival.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Importantly, the survey also points to a potential de-escalator that Carlson ignores.—
Robert Pape,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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If someone ignores your text, try asking a follow-up question (or calling them, because tone may travel poorly over screens).—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The message also avoids links on purpose.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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To the Kremlin’s frustration, the plan also avoids any provision that would force Ukraine to give up territory to the Russians.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Travel through passes and canyons could become dangerous, and be alert for rock slides and mud slides.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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God storms American politics Single-day general admission tickets are $145, while weekend passes are $249 and weekend VIP passes are $409.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Jason’s dessert with the guests threatens to cause more fighting in the galley since Alesia forgets to tell Ben until the very last moment that the captain is supposed to join them.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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In making introductions, Francesca freezes, then forgets her own name.—
Emily Kelleher,
InStyle,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Experts who spoke to Flow Space are hopeful that these new approvals will provide the necessary tools to treat a disease that evades treatment by constantly mutating.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
16 Dec. 2025
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In the film, Sea-Based X-Band Radar detects a missile flying across the Pacific Ocean toward Chicago that later evades interception.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Rancho Bernardo Community Church holds food drives for it occasionally.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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But Reaves grew frustrated in the third quarter when a foul wasn’t called on one of his drives.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Women generally receive fewer advanced therapies for PE, like thrombectomy (a procedure to pluck out a clot), and end up with more bleeding complications and a higher rate of lingering issues, like clumps of scar tissue in arteries that can increase blood pressure.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Feb. 2026
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Taking very high doses—such as 10,000 IU a day for months—can interfere with calcium absorption and raise the risk of side effects, including nausea, kidney stones, and calcium buildup in the arteries.—
Abby Norman,
Verywell Health,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Bypasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypasses. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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