skirted

past tense of skirt
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirted
Verb
  • This is often circumvented by committees such as the NRSC, which can take in up to $578,200 per person per election.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
  • In all of these scenarios, the tax liability can be circumvented by moving that position to a DAF.
    Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Cooper was sacked because of an apparent disconnect between the players and his approach, but for too long this season these players have avoided accountability.
    Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • On social media, the department has avoided mentioning flu shots in posts about the flu, instead advising people to wash their hands and cover their coughs.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The marketing for the movie largely evaded the topic of domestic abuse and leaned heavily into the pic’s floral aesthetic given that Lively’s character Lily is a flower shop owner.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
  • He’d been hit by a bullet that evaded his protective vest.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • North Glen Square is bounded by Glendale Avenue to the south, Northern Avenue to the north, 27th Avenue to the east and 35th Avenue to the west.
    Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • North Glen Square is bounded by Glendale Avenue to the south, Northern Avenue to the north, 27th Avenue to the east and 35th Avenue to the west.
    Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Footage showed the toddler going down a purple slide, and Bronze couldn’t help but smile as he was joined by his father who slid down from another lane.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • By September 1998, the younger David Fink had joined his father and Mellon, first as the president of Perma Treat and then as the executive vice president of Guilford Rail System, according to a clipping from the Boston Globe featured in a Boston & Main Railroad Historical Society’s newsletter.
    Zach Everson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Firmware updates, essential for patching vulnerabilities and enhancing router functionality, are also largely ignored.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Teamsters say workers at Amazon are striking at seven delivery stations in Southern California, San Francisco, New York City, Atlanta and Skokie, Illinois, because the company ignored a Sunday deadline the union had set for contract negotiations.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • This new image from the James Webb Space Telescope features the young star cluster NGC 602, surrounded by the varied clouds of a nebula, near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, about 200,000 light-years from Earth.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Adding to its uniqueness, the city winds along the Mississippi River and is surrounded by distinct wetland habitats of swamps, bayous, and marshes.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Hospitals dodged the most substantial efforts in the year-end spending package to reform their industry, but advocates say the door has at least been cracked opened by a limited measure on outpatient billing.
    Peter Sullivan, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
  • That’s not the only bullet dodged by the Blue Jackets on their back end.
    Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Skirted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirted. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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