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verb

Definition of shortcutsnext
present tense third-person singular of shortcut
as in circumvents
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements?

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shortcuts

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noun

plural of shortcut
as in cutoffs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcuts
  1. cutoffs
  2. alleys
  3. avoids
  4. ignores
  5. passageways
  6. walkways
  7. roads
  8. thoroughfares
Noun
  • The wildfire caused widespread evacuations and power cutoffs in the Malibu area.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Everybody is in denim and cutoffs.
    Janelle Ash, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of cutoffs
Noun
  • Most American city street grids have back alleys between buildings.
    The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Why didn’t New York build alleys into its street plans?
    The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of alleys
Verb
  • The historical fantasy series My Lady Jane offers an alternative scenario where Jane (Emily Bader) avoids that fate with the help of her eventual husband, Lord Guilford Dudley (Edward Bluemel), and humans who can take animal form known as Ethians.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • What will matter now is how retailers deploy the technology in a way that adds value to their customers and avoids the mediocre.
    Catherine Erdly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of avoids
Verb
  • So much is being disclosed that the borrower or tenant ignores everything.
    Joshua Stein, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The second view—people can just move to cheaper cities, because the prosperous city is full up—also ignores basic economics.
    Richard McGahey, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of ignores
Noun
  • Over time, new buildings kept attaching to others like barnacles, so façades had second careers as interior walls, windows turned into hallways, and passageways became bathrooms.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
  • While exploring the cool caverns and passageways below the surface of the Earth, guests learn about the geology, history, and wildlife of the caves (the latter includes the rare ghost shrimp).
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of passageways
Noun
  • Venetian authorities took pains to keep their city walkable, widening streets when necessary and keeping walkways, including canal banks, free of obstacles.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Mass them along walkways and outside windows where their color will brighten the winter landscape.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of walkways
Noun
  • On Monday, crews are continuing to work to clear the roads as temperatures sits near zero with negative wind chills.
    Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Crews are working to clear snow and ice from roads after blizzard conditions Sunday brought 8-12 inches of snow in various parts of the metro, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of roads
Noun
  • In Overland Park, crews are in the process of spreading salt on residential streets as of Friday afternoon, and will move to salting main thoroughfares on Saturday before the rain starts.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Officials do not block Canal, one of the city's most-trafficked thoroughfares.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of thoroughfares
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