as in sidestepping
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1
as in circumventing
to avoid by going around
we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road
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2
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
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].
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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.
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Associate News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2025
Some strains are now capable of identifying and bypassing backups, targeting critical systems first and spreading laterally across devices and networks.
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Ro'ee Margalit,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Fiber-optic, first-person view (FPV) drones have become a key weapon in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah’s war against Israel in recent months – bypassing Israel’s sophisticated defense systems by duplicating an asymmetric warfare tactic that first emerged in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Fake accounts were a common method of bypassing the ban.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 June 2026
Huawei's latest chip roadmap is therefore not simply about catching up with TSMC or bypassing ASML.
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Mark Greeven,
Forbes.com,
27 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.
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Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
26 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.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
24 June 2026
Burnstine suggested bypassing highway tourist traps and downloading tracking apps to hunt down cheap fuel.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
And sometimes, parent fundraising groups can cut a check for, say, a campus repair project, bypassing the fund altogether.
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Mila Koumpilova,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Noun
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.
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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
Some strains are now capable of identifying and bypassing backups, targeting critical systems first and spreading laterally across devices and networks.
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Ro'ee Margalit,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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.
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Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Fiber-optic, first-person view (FPV) drones have become a key weapon in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah’s war against Israel in recent months – bypassing Israel’s sophisticated defense systems by duplicating an asymmetric warfare tactic that first emerged in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
28 June 2026
Fake accounts were a common method of bypassing the ban.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
28 June 2026
Huawei's latest chip roadmap is therefore not simply about catching up with TSMC or bypassing ASML.
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Mark Greeven,
Forbes.com,
27 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.
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Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
26 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.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
24 June 2026
Burnstine suggested bypassing highway tourist traps and downloading tracking apps to hunt down cheap fuel.
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Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2026
And sometimes, parent fundraising groups can cut a check for, say, a campus repair project, bypassing the fund altogether.
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Mila Koumpilova,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypassing
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Critics called the change an unjustified, undemocratic sidestepping of the state constitution and the will of voters.
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One was the very clear sidestepping of Palestinian sovereignty, and the second was the issue of Iran.
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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.
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Another means of circumventing the protection of the real property company is through veil piercing using an alter ego theory.
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Make Participation Effortless Reduce friction to the point where using it feels like less effort than ignoring it.
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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.
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While technical expertise is crucial, successfully landing remote AI jobs also requires strategic searching, understanding employer terminology, and avoiding scams.
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Petrakakos said arrangements around possible tolls or coordination with Iran remain largely ad hoc, with most shipping companies avoiding direct engagement because of sanctions risk.
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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.
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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.
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But Alito’s stance against birthright citizenship goes beyond just forgetting his roots.
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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.
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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.
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Mark was charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle and booked into the Tarrant County Jail.
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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.
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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.
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“Bypassing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypassing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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