bypassing
Example Sentences
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Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter-turned-X helped spark a trend of “going direct” or bypassing traditional media and marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"Instead of bypassing retinal processing, we aimed to reactivate it right at the same level of the retinal circuit as the lost photoreceptor cells."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
They’re becoming more tempting to many because they give buyers access to otherwise unavailable seats, bypassing ticket draw lotteries like the one that happened in April and another that wraps up Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The FT also reported that a member of staff at Gloucestershire Police was dismissed after bypassing safeguards to use an AI chatbot for police-related work "on numerous occasions".
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Feral asked, bypassing his spoon in favor of tipping back his bowl and drinking from it.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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