work-around
noun
: a plan or method to circumvent a problem (as in computer software) without eliminating it
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Such work-arounds add 15% to 35% to the cost of goods in Syria.
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Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
According to the Washington Post, Administration officials see such deals as a work-around to expel people who are already subject to final deportation orders but whose home countries won’t have them back.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Recently, Delta Air Lines took delivery of a new Airbus A350-900 plane via Japan as a work-around.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Still, work-arounds do exist for those who are unable to receive one before the deadline or who choose not to.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 5 May 2025
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Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2025
According to the Washington Post, Administration officials see such deals as a work-around to expel people who are already subject to final deportation orders but whose home countries won’t have them back.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
Recently, Delta Air Lines took delivery of a new Airbus A350-900 plane via Japan as a work-around.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Still, work-arounds do exist for those who are unable to receive one before the deadline or who choose not to.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for work-around
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“Work-around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work-around. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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