1
as in circumvents
to avoid by going around
we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road
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2
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
Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
This bypasses the current path of diagnosis, where symptoms are evaluated and a host of blood tests are performed to rule out other conditions such as thyroid problems or anemia.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
The expansion includes a new three-lane roadway that bypasses North Harbor Drive and delivers drivers to Terminals 1 and 2 as well as parking garages.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
This type of prompt injection bypasses human awareness and targets the AI's decision-making directly.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
That bypasses the strained national grid entirely, eliminating transmission bottlenecks.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
That offering bypasses insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, allowing patients to directly purchase Zepbound and some of Eli Lilly’s other drugs from the company.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
Trump’s approach, however, bypasses local consent, prompting lawsuits from Illinois and Oregon officials who argue the move is unconstitutional and escalates tensions unnecessarily.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
This bypasses the current path of diagnosis, where symptoms are evaluated and a host of blood tests are performed to rule out other conditions such as thyroid problems or anemia.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
The expansion includes a new three-lane roadway that bypasses North Harbor Drive and delivers drivers to Terminals 1 and 2 as well as parking garages.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
This type of prompt injection bypasses human awareness and targets the AI's decision-making directly.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
That bypasses the strained national grid entirely, eliminating transmission bottlenecks.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
That offering bypasses insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, allowing patients to directly purchase Zepbound and some of Eli Lilly’s other drugs from the company.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypasses
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This gambit circumvents the notorious way that measurements destroy quantumness.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the Free Speech Coalition said companies might still be liable if a user in a state requiring age verification circumvents geographic targeting with a VPN.—
Jasmine Mithani,
Them.,
3 Sep. 2025
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If a film ignores the author and the core fans, there’s no chance.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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Yet that argument ignores the fact that labor markets are a function of both supply and demand, both of which are positively affected by people.—
Ben Zweig,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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And in recent years, Major League Baseball has been pushing the World Series later into the year as playoffs expand and the league avoids Sunday games so as not to overlap with the NFL.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The agent logs only essential identifiers, avoids storing raw sensor data, caps how much and how often information is recorded, and disables third-party analytics by default.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Vikings are most likely looking for a veteran considering McCarthy has started just two games in his career and undrafted rookie Max Brosmer has attempted just eight passes this season, and those are the only two signal-callers currently on Minnesota's roster.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Another good day for New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, who is the first player in NFL history with at least two touchdown passes and a passer rating of 135-or-higher in five of his team’s first eight games of a season.—
Chris Bumbaca,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Unfortunately, Bradley forgets a little thing called search history.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Additional humor comes from a very broad Farmiga, but the series forgets that Barbara exists for long stretches and rarely benefits from her presence.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Like the Chinese government and most of its people, the movie evades mentions of the mass casualties after the pandemic restrictions were removed, therefore foregoing an opportunity to reflect on whether the deaths were preventable and what lessons might be learned.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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For now, love evades understanding—which means that finding someone will remain, much of the time, a pain in the ass.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And there are other ideas to do with ion drives and collecting interstellar gas and using that to propel yourself along—but all that would involve very lengthy trips.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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In Kenya, retreat to ultra-luxury safari tents overlooking the vast savannah after days spent witnessing the Great Migration and Big Five game drives.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Light’s disruption of circadian rhythms has previously been found to dysregulate various cardiovascular and metabolic processes, such as damaging cells that help arteries function properly, causing high blood pressure and raising the risk for associated diseases, the authors said.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Microcatheters are already critical for lifesaving procedures such as clearing clogged arteries, stopping bleeding, or delivering drugs directly to tumors.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Bypasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypasses. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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