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circumvent

[sur-kuhm-vent, sur-kuhm-vent] / ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛnt, ˈsɜr kəmˌvɛnt /


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Mohammad Hassan Najmi, an international relations expert, told AFP that Tehran "believes its membership and active participation in these alliances can enable it to circumvent US and European sanctions".

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

L3Harris provides waveforms and radios that can help circumvent the type of electronic jamming that Russia has been using to disrupt Ukrainian drones.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Silver has called attempts to circumvent it a “cardinal sin.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

States also claim Meta committed unfair business practices by letting users create multiple Instagram accounts, which they say allows kids to circumvent parental controls and rules barring children under age of 13 from creating accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

His tracks led toward the east buttress of Denali, straight through a labyrinth of giant crevasses, evidence that he had made no apparent effort to circumvent obvious hazards.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

But Carvajal-Muñoz’s attorneys are testing a legal theory that circumvents these roadblocks by suing officers under state law for violations of his constitutional rights.

From Slate Apr. 15, 2026

“From Internet memes to late-night comedians, from cartoons to the plays and poems as old as organized government itself — Political Satire circumvents traditional gatekeepers & helps hold those in power accountable,” he continued.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2025

International social media platforms like X and YouTube are blocked in China, but can still be accessed with software that circumvents the country’s censorship systems.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2024

Their technology circumvents the traditional high voltage requirement for blue OLEDs, leading to potential advancements in commercial smartphone and large screen displays.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

Perhaps tomorrow someone will invent a theory consistent with everything else we know that circumvents paradoxes on such matters as simultaneity, avoids privileged reference frames and still permits travel faster than light.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Steve Ballmer, the team’s owner, invested $60 million into Aspiration, triggering allegations that the payment to Leonard circumvented the NBA salary cap.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

With swiftly circumvented filters and no discernment, LLMs deliver “expertise” even when they shouldn’t.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

They also say bans can be easily circumvented.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Prohibitions on sales to nations at war remain but can be circumvented under special circumstances.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

The sentences tumbled out of my mouth, but the story circumvented my brain.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Since the start of the year, nine shadow fleet tankers suspected of circumventing sanctions have been seized around the EU.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

These laws restrict data collection and use to the purposes of gathering the data, and they prevent companies from circumventing these limits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

The issue has raised concerns about how players are circumventing the NBA’s salary cap.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

In 2007, he pleaded guilty to one count of circumventing accounting controls and paid $289,507 plus interest in disgorgement the following year.

From Barron's Apr. 20, 2026

And by catching and circumventing threatening behavior early, there was a good chance of diverting those students toward a more positive path.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau




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