skirted

verb

past tense of skirt
1
as in bypassed
to avoid by going around skirted the construction zone

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2
as in circumvented
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations

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3
as in flanked
to be adjacent to the commercial district skirts the river's edge

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4
as in bordered
to serve as a border for the wooden fence that skirts the construction site

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Recent Examples of skirted California and Santa Clara County sued ICE in June, claiming federal officials skirted environmental laws, ignored local land-use restrictions and failed to consult with state or county leaders. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026 On the route, local children skirted the edges of the gravel, damp beach towels draped over their tanned shoulders. — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 Short dramas, until recently, skirted these restrictions, because there were so many of them and they were directly uploaded online. — Lavender Au, The Dial, 30 June 2026 Conservationists said that required environmental reviews were skirted. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026 Fans had a problem when country singer Morgan Wallen canceled his second concert in Pittsburgh because of a storm that mostly skirted the city. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 8 June 2026 More than 20 years after Michael Jackson was acquitted on charges of child molestation — and two months since the global superstar’s record-breaking biopic skirted any mention of abuse allegations — a new Netflix docuseries brings his trial and the aftermath to the foreground. — Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026 At one point, family members skirted the line. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Alexander attempted a pickoff at first base, but his throw skirted away and Clark advanced from first to third base. — Gqlshare, Daily News, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirted
  1. bypassed
  2. circumvented
  3. flanked
  4. bordered
  5. avoided
  6. evaded
  7. adjoined
  8. bounded
Verb
  • 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, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of bypassed
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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
Verb
  • In Otto’s room, the vintage bed is dressed in a vintage Pendleton blanket from The Company Store and flanked with sconces from In Common With.
    — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
  • On the bottom, a USB-C port is flanked by two speaker grilles.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of flanked
Verb
  • It’s presented as an impressionistic historical montage, of Black farmworkers and the land, with clips of Black history that include modern suburbs, and a woman—Z herself—who gazes out of a door into a sere expanse of land bordered by low mountains.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The skirt draping and the neck wrap were finished with soft, hand-cut Chantilly and corded lace appliqués that also bordered the bride's matching veil.
    — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of bordered
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  • In Minneapolis and New Orleans, CNN found once-bustling shops and restaurants growing quiet during federal immigration operations as some immigrants avoided work and parents kept children home from school.
    — Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Those have avoided injuries to key players that can demoralize a team and affect a season.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 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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  • Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
  • Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.
    — Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
Definition of adjoined
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  • How Leaders Should Prepare The organizations that get this right will be the ones that deploy agents where the work is bounded, the data is clean and the accountability is clear.
    — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Today’s official Little Italy is bounded between 48th, 59th, and J streets, and Folsom Boulevard, and many Italian-Americans still live and own businesses in the area, said Italian Cultural Society member Steve Maviglio.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of bounded

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