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- verb Present participle of
circuit .
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Examples
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The 1992 Clinton campaign was very successful in short circuiting the Bush / Media attacks, with their War Room Pre-Buttals; what do you suggest we can do to short circuit the pro-Bush Media Bias?
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After a frustrating day with the kids Fiona not napping resulting in the synapses in her brain short-circuiting, Ian being intellectually precocious and socially clueless, I made a disappointing dinner--calzones.
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Urging the committee to assist in short-circuiting the licensing process, he said revenue from the pool could be used to construct new facilities, provide training amenities, and fund development programmes.
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Result: Your iPhone 4's twin antennas are now insulated against skin short-circuiting in the "problem corner".
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There's no point in short circuiting the reform process by abolition … just 'cos.
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In early 1986, Powell exploited his bureaucratic skills to begin short-circuiting the Pentagon’s covert procurement system that had been put in place after the Yellow Fruit scandal.
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In early 1986, Powell exploited his bureaucratic skills to begin short-circuiting the Pentagon’s covert procurement system that had been put in place after the Yellow Fruit scandal.
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Short-circuiting occurs when a non-literal use of an expression, phrase, or sentence becomes standardized and the necessary inference pattern gets short-circuited.
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If (as seems likely) we soon place cost - and price-controls on such innovation, we risk short-circuiting U.S. medical and technological progress that has improved the health of so many in the United States and around the world.
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We're just short circuiting our own growth, I think, as a nation.
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