CIRCUMVENTION Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

circumvention

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Definition of circumvention

as in bypassing

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Recent Examples of circumvention Investigators have found that Leonard’s camp got the Clippers to agree, according to the findings of a nearly yearlong investigation by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, to audacious levels of salary cap circumvention. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 So where, where could any of this circumvention have happened? — John Hollinger, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Zucker is accused of providing false statements to investigators, while Frank is depicted as facilitating the cap circumvention. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026 That alone should rule out the latter type of circumvention, which carries with it steeper penalties. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 On the other end, replacing words with completely unrelated gibberish could lead to easier detection (and potentially circumvention) by a smart scraping filter. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

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Noun

After weeks of testing, Fable 5 is no longer vulnerable to a bypassing method discovered by Amazon researchers that identified several software vulnerabilities and triggered the export curbs.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
Assistive listening studies report that bypassing room acoustics and delivering audio directly can improve signal‑to‑noise ratios by 15–20 dB, making announcements comprehensible and lectures clearer [8].

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2026

Definition of bypassing

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Grossman, the attorney representing Ream and Morris in the two cases, agrees that there was massive tax evasion when the ban was passed.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
Last December, Galvan admitted paying the bribe and pleaded guilty to one count of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and one count of evasion of tax assessment.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of evasion

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That translated into custom upholstery; fabrics sourced from textile sellers Merchant & Mills and Notting Hill’s Cloth Shop; DeVol sconces; and cheery ruffled skirting in the kitchen.

— Dipal Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Yet by skirting and at times ignoring those rules, ride-sharing companies were able to acquire a critical mass of users in a short period of time.

— Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

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