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as in traverses
to travel completely around
the first ship to circumnavigate the globe
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as in bypasses
to avoid by going around
we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit
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Recent Examples of circumnavigates
Hassan Hakmoun and Adam Rudolph’s score circumnavigates the Mediterranean — a sea which touches Duato’s native Spain, North Africa, the Greek isles, Turkey, Syria, Israel and Gaza.
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Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Learn about the native flora and fauna at the Seaside Nature Center, or borrow a free bike and cycle the Bike Loop trail that circumnavigates the park.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Learn about the native flora and fauna at the Seaside Nature Center, or borrow a free bike and cycle the Bike Loop trail that circumnavigates the park.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumnavigates
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The june bug traverses the flagstones lit through the glass door.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
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Those residents might also like to see the name of Indian Creek, another rill which traverses the county, given a new designation.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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The mother allegedly also asked for hospice services and total parenteral nutrition, which is delivered intravenously and bypasses the digestive system.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2026
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The move follows earlier efforts to block updates to similar tools, which let non-developers create and modify apps using AI, and reflects Apple’s growing concern that such platforms could flood the App Store with low-quality or dynamically changing software that bypasses its review process.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The space station circles our planet at an altitude referred to as low-Earth orbit, which is closer to Earth's atmosphere and allows the outpost to move more quickly around Earth than objects further out in space.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Editing compounds that issue, and not even a familiar and fun soundtrack can distract from a narrative that endlessly circles the same jokes and conflicts without properly deepening them.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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Saudi Arabia’s crucial East-West pipeline that circumvents the Strait of Hormuz is pumping oil at its full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, according to a person familiar with the matter.—
Emma Ross-Thomas,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Privacy advocates argue the practice circumvents the Fourth Amendment and is contrary to a 2015 law that bars federal agencies from collecting bulk data on Americans.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
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The polar jet stream is a ribbon of air that encircles the Northern Hemisphere at high altitudes and determines atmospheric pressure patterns.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
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Instead, a bright ring of sunlight encircles the moon's silhouette, often called a 'ring of fire'.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The process avoids the long turnaround times seen in conventional microbiological analysis.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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While the family largely avoids the spotlight, Sam’s daughter, Alice Walton, and two of his son Jim’s children, Tom and Steuart Walton, remain active and public-facing in Arkansas.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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In fact, in a typical day, the ISS orbits Earth about 16 times, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Orban has frequently complained that Ukraine has blocked its oil supplies through a Russian pipeline that crosses Ukrainian territory.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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The road to the potato patches — where the community grows most of its vegetables — crosses several large gulches that frequently spill tons of rock and soil onto the track, requiring regular maintenance.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Circumnavigates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumnavigates. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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