bypassing

Example Sentences

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Elliott checked and scrolled compulsively, bypassing the parental controls, sneaking down to grab his phone from the family charging unit in the kitchen at night.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

The Starlink devices Sahand sends to Iran are one of the most reliable ways of bypassing the shutdown.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Morgan wrote in a Tuesday note that the blockade wasn’t keeping shadow vessels from bypassing the blockade, citing a report from Lloyd’s List Intelligence.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

If thousands of people waiting in TSA security lines could see them bypassing a problem they created, this nonsense would be over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

She wasn’t using a word-processing program of any kind—in fact, she was bypassing much of the operating system—and whatever formatting was imposing itself on the words, it wasn’t hers.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman