CIRCUMVENTS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

circumvents

verb

present tense third-person singular of circumvent

as in bypasses

to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness employees who try to circumvent the company's dress code

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as in avoids

to avoid by going around circumvented the traffic jam by taking an alternate route

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as in traverses

to travel completely around most casual joggers will be able to circumvent the reservoir without too much of a strain

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If Musk and Ramsawamy’s group avoids recommending ways to slash benefit programs such as Social Security and spending on the military, that could mean cuts of more than 80% across domestic programs, including food inspections and infrastructure repairs.

William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
This also avoids a brightness instability problem that can afflict the TV’s Standard mode, where the image suffers distracting brightness ‘jumps’ or ‘drops’ when an HDR image cuts abruptly between bright and dark shots.

John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024

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