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bypass

[bahy-pas, -pahs] / ˈbaɪˌpæs, -ˌpɑs /


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Johnson also shared that he’s been dealing with “heart issues” for almost two years, including undergoing bypass surgery two months ago, and that it was a “contributing factor” in his decision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Rubio will meet senior Indian officials, but will bypass the Indian capital during the trip in the coming week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Gulf producers have increasingly relied on the U.S.-protected tanker movements, ship-to-ship transfers outside Hormuz and pipelines that bypass the strait entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

He "offered to bypass the cells", and he was told this would be a temporary fix.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

After hearing the tale of the demon, Tali suggested, “Perhaps we should bypass Ento altogether.”

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

“Protecting blue-collar workers bypasses the high-stress, physically demanding pink- and light-blue-collar jobs,” said Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor of economics and policy analysis at the New School in New York City and an expert on retirement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

You don’t want a low-quality battery that might catch fire, or a compromised or modified circuit board that bypasses normal security guards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

While it may be scant consolation for those in communties around old urban motorways, bypasses like the one at Port Talbot are less likely to be built now.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

“That’s extremely ignorant, because it bypasses the uniqueness between the groups.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

But Nick bypasses everything comfortable, opting instead for the floor, where he crosses his legs and starts tuning his guitar.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

A similar story has unfolded across Nepal's western border in India's Uttarakhand state, where maximum tourism limits and environmental regulations have been bypassed in the name of economic growth, claims activist Anoop Nautiyal.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Bonn researchers instead bypassed the pluripotent stage entirely.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Last month it emerged that a rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards during training and hacked an Australian government health statistics website.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Around 40% of those exports bypassed the Strait of Hormuz, up from 17% before the war, with 23% loading outside the strait along the Gulf of Oman and another 17% leaving through the Red Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Her disdain did not convince Richard; it began when Madu complained that His Excellency had bypassed him and made his junior a commanding officer.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

By it all Acts bypast, and especially those of the five Jameses, not agreeing with God's Word and contrary to the Confession, and 'wherethrow divers innocents did suffer,' were abolished and extinguished for ever.

From John Knox by A. Taylor Innes

The vague apprehensions of bypast years reviving at this crisis, some neighbours had been on the outlook for a catastrophe.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 by William Chambers

But for these dozen or twenty years bypast we have preferred a narrow beat, snugly seated on a shelty, and pad the hoof on the hill no more.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson

It's no mony months bypast; it was a lang courtship,—few folk kend the reason by Jenny and mysell.

From Old Mortality, Volume 2. by Sir Walter Scott

"It allows for operations at very low altitudes -- it is controlled by a signal from space, bypassing the radio horizon and the Earth's curvature -- factors that otherwise limit ground-based remote control signals."

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

And with that — bypassing the building health and safety requirements — we established the ProPublica-Mountain State Spotlight Curiosity Academy.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Attacks on the crucial Saudi pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz this week raised fresh supply concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Without careful guardrails in place, children tend to use the platforms as shortcuts to answers, bypassing the messy, difficult cognitive processes that are essential for learning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

You wash your hands, bypassing the paper towel dispenser, shaking the water off.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith


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