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as in to circumvent
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness the eager enlistee sidestepped the regulations by lying about his age
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Recent Examples of sidestep Leavitt sidestepped questions about who currently controls the oil route. —
Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 Ali Grace, founder and CEO of her namesake denim label, for example, said her business has been largely insulated, thanks in part to a model that sidesteps many of the pressures facing traditional supply chains. —Andre Claudio, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2026 She was asked about the incident on Saturday, and sidestepped the question. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 This allows the company to sidestep a host of state gambling restrictions. —Kelli María Korducki, thehustle.co, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sidestep
Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 Ali Grace, founder and CEO of her namesake denim label, for example, said her business has been largely insulated, thanks in part to a model that sidesteps many of the pressures facing traditional supply chains. —Andre Claudio, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2026 She was asked about the incident on Saturday, and sidestepped the question. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 This allows the company to sidestep a host of state gambling restrictions. —Kelli María Korducki, thehustle.co, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sidestep
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The Legislature has circumvented the ban by making K-12 vouchers available to students instead of funding private schools directly.— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
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Hughes accused Kennedy of making changes to the charter to circumvent the judge’s ruling and further Kennedy’s push to undermine confidence in vaccines.— Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026
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The mandolins weave intricate patterns together, in counterpoint or unison.— Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
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This over 1,000-mile route weaves through breathtaking Great Lakes landscapes, tracing the edge of the glacier that covered these parts over 12,000 years ago.— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
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The Yankees will look to avoid its first series sweep Sunday with Cam Schlittler on the mound against Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen.— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
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The troop carrier planes became bogged down in the soil and had to be destroyed by the US to avoid them falling into enemy hands, while new planes were flown in.— The Week UK, TheWeek, 11 Apr. 2026
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Romano ran and ducked behind a parked car.— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
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But anyone who’s 5’6 or above is going to have to duck down.— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
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To escape North Korea, the Kims would need to evade patrol boats and cross what is known as the Northern Limit Line (NLL) – a tense, disputed maritime boundary between North and South Korea.— Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
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Jarvis then spent eight years evading the FBI in Paris, London and Ibiza, after an industrial sized hash-smuggling operation went wrong.— Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
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Webb dodged a question about whether the pitch was a response to the thing that happened with Rushing and Lee.— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Bats can fly through total darkness, dodge obstacles at high speed, and weave through caves without crashing.— Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
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When restaurants and hotels bypass local wine, money leaves the community.— Maryam Ahmed, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
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The stadium will instead likely rely on a constellation of local and state administrative tools, bypassing voter approval at the ballot box.— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Sidestep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/sidestep. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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