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as in circumvents
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
the eager enlistee sidestepped the regulations by lying about his age
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Recent Examples of sidesteps
Animation sidesteps the problem.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 June 2026
Owning the company that designs the custom silicon underneath all of them sidesteps the guessing game entirely.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
But the grumbling sidesteps a sharp question.
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Chris Stokel-Walker,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
Leo simultaneously defends the secrecy of confession as religious freedom, despite critics calling it an abuse shield, and sidesteps a meeting with ex-Opus Dei members amid Argentine investigations.
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Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Republicans have been moving ahead with their plan on their own through the budget reconciliation process, which sidesteps the 60-vote threshold required to advance most legislation.
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Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
It’s expected that the temporary coverage of obesity medications, which sidesteps federal law, will unleash millions of new patients and billions of dollars in revenue for the drugs’ manufacturers, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.
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Allison Deangelis,
STAT,
1 June 2026
Koushiappas's proposal sidesteps both.
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Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
26 May 2026
If the other person is between jobs or not in the mood to talk about work, this also sidesteps any potential awkwardness.
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Anna Goldfarb,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 June 2026
Owning the company that designs the custom silicon underneath all of them sidesteps the guessing game entirely.
—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
But the grumbling sidesteps a sharp question.
—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
Leo simultaneously defends the secrecy of confession as religious freedom, despite critics calling it an abuse shield, and sidesteps a meeting with ex-Opus Dei members amid Argentine investigations.
—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Republicans have been moving ahead with their plan on their own through the budget reconciliation process, which sidesteps the 60-vote threshold required to advance most legislation.
—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
It’s expected that the temporary coverage of obesity medications, which sidesteps federal law, will unleash millions of new patients and billions of dollars in revenue for the drugs’ manufacturers, Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.
—
Allison Deangelis,
STAT,
1 June 2026
Koushiappas's proposal sidesteps both.
—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
26 May 2026
If the other person is between jobs or not in the mood to talk about work, this also sidesteps any potential awkwardness.
—
Anna Goldfarb,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sidesteps
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Additionally, because the $50 co-payment circumvents Part D, the amount doesn’t count toward a beneficiary’s annual deductible or out-of-pocket maximum.
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The exhibit mostly circumvents contextualizing the architectural details of the office, and rather aims to explicate the man who worked within it.
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The show weaves together AI, generative imagery, immersive audio and spatial narrative design, which organizers describe as producing a living, evolving environment.
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From the thorny starting point of an Apache raid on a Western homestead, Costner weaves a complex, multi-perspective tale that wrestles with the romance and realities of American colonialism and mythmaking.
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New research has now demonstrated a simpler approach that avoids the ultrathin selective coatings traditionally considered essential for precise molecular separation.
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The decision avoids an election-year change in the voting rules and may bolster Democrats in the fall election.
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Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.
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Lionel Messi rebounds his own miss and dodges three Austrian defenders with a sliding second goal in stoppage time to put the exclamation mark on an historic performance for him and Argentina today in Arlington.
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If the armed forces are the instrument through which the president evades the Constitution, then the leaders of those armed forces must answer for their role.
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Panthalassa evades these regional regulatory and environmental obstacles by deploying autonomous computing nodes directly into deep water.
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In the video, the subject ducks his head in the opposite direction of the doorbell camera.
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The sun ducks down and sets Conejo Mountain against warm pinks and purples, transforming the ridgeline into an epic silhouette.
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Abu Dhabi has sent tankers through the strait with their transponders turned off to evade Iranian surveillance, and used a pipeline to Fujairah that bypasses the chokepoint.
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When deleting this temp file, EncryptPro bypasses the Recycle Bin but doesn’t apply secure deletion, so it could theoretically be recovered with forensic software.
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Stating that Palestinians are entitled to a country of their own ignores the facts.
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With the job’s high salary, live-in accommodations and her love of children on her mind, Layla ignores Jasmine’s concerns and drives to the family’s estate to meet Zuri.
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