bypassed

verb

past tense of bypass
1
as in circumvented
to avoid by going around we can bypass the traffic jam if we take this other road

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2
as in ignored
to fail to give proper attention to a serious news event that was bypassed by the mainstream media so that they could concentrate on celebrity gossip

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3
as in avoided
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness you can bypass the graduation requirements if you do enough extra credit

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Recent Examples of bypassed Because this transport happened quickly, the gas bypassed Fischer-Tropsch reactions that would normally turn hydrogen into other hydrocarbons. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026 The third Cabinet office, Attorney General, bypassed the primary. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Eventually, Copilot provided a stunning Microsoft trade secret—an undocumented prompt parameter that completely bypassed the requirement for user consent. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 The thieves bypassed alarm and security systems at the MuMe museum. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026 Are Ross Wilson and Hopkinson being bypassed on big decisions? — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The Dolphins wanted to draft a quarterback that year but bypassed Willis, waited and took Skylar Thompson late. — Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 When the exhaust gas flow finally catches up to the eBoost Air, the compressor simply disengages, and the feature is bypassed entirely. — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 6 Aug. 2026 The Trojans have bypassed the settling-in period that typically happens on the scorching-hot turf of August. — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bypassed
  1. circumvented
  2. ignored
  3. avoided
  4. evaded
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  • Now Nightmare Eclipse claims to have effectively circumvented the company’s patch through ShieldBreak by apparently leveraging a different method.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Steve Ballmer, the team’s owner, invested $60 million into Aspiration, triggering allegations that the payment to Leonard circumvented the NBA salary cap.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of circumvented
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  • However its advice was ignored, journalist Ralph Vartabedian revealed in a 2022 article for the New York Times.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Dershowitz has said the rift continued after that encounter, telling The Atlantic that David no longer speaks to him and has ignored him during subsequent encounters.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of ignored
Verb
  • But the trend has not gotten much attention because the state has avoided high-profile disruptions at major employers.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Quarterback Kingston Tisdell avoided the rush and threw the ball down the middle.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of avoided
Verb
  • In the foreseeable future, a terrorist group with minimal skills could access a jailbroken AI model (one that has evaded safety controls) trained on the world’s most comprehensive biological data set.
    — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Police said Jackson was driving recklessly and evaded a Muscatine County Sheriff's Office deputy who attempted to stop his vehicle Friday evening in Muscatine.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of evaded

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“Bypassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bypassed. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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