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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
circumvent .
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Examples
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Watin circumvented this confusing and useless discussion by identifying his concern as only the terrestrial (i.e., material and opaque) colors.
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Well, let ` s just say that, I think that the producers of the show have kind of circumvented certain perspectives in order to create some very interesting television.
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The governor by signing this has kind of circumvented our efforts from the local level to protect the citizens of Escondido.
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The court found that third party service techs who used the key without StorageTek's permission "circumvented" to gain access to the copyrighted code in violation of the DMCA, even though they had the explicit permission of the purchasers to fix their machines.
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Factually, at least from the complaint, it does not appear that the law firm "circumvented" anything, if by circumvent we mean devised a mousetrap to bypass the denial text string.
B2fxxx 2005
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And it kind of circumvented the role that you and your fellow senators cherish so much.
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Universal's Cactus Shield copy-protection software can be "circumvented" by playing protected discs on a DVD drive/player, as opposed to a plain old CD player/drive.
Boing Boing: December 30, 2001 - January 5, 2002 Archives 2001
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Mr. Weller, junior, that "circumvented" was "a more tenderer word" than "circumscribed," the remark was at least as silly as it was sublime.
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Well well, the NHL tonight stepped in tonight and voided the 17-year, $102 million contract signed by Ilya Kovalchuk with the Devils, saying it "circumvented" the salary cap. summarizes the provisions the league says were violated.
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Judge Jones found the CRC's supervision had been "circumvented" and the commission's
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