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circumvention

[sur-kuhm-ven-shuhn] / ˌsɜr kəmˈvɛn ʃən /
NOUN
escape
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STRONG


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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.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

The punishments come after the NBA said its month-long investigation "found a pattern of misconduct and multiple significant rules violations by the Clippers organisation, a prior offender of the salary-cap circumvention rules".

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Western officials have focused most of their recent efforts on closing loopholes and punishing circumvention.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The EU will also be on the lookout for circumvention, as well as any effort to reroute small parcels to the bloc via countries like Switzerland.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

I will stake my existence that she never stooped to any fraudulent circumvention of my poor uncle.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton




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