as in to circumvent
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
are you sure there's no way to shortcut the entrance requirements?
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Recent Examples of shortcut
Terrence O’Brien, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
What better shortcut than an oh-so-convenient makeup set?
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 25 Sep. 2024
Arryn Robbins, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Fixtures that remind us of hotel stays—like blackout curtains, upholstered bed frames, and luxury bedding—can be shortcuts to achieving more serene sleep.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 11 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Courtesy of Terrence O'Brien iA Writer has dark mode and shortcut integration for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
—Terrence O’Brien, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2024
What better shortcut than an oh-so-convenient makeup set?
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 25 Sep. 2024
Noun
Human thinking uses two types of processing: fast, intuitive thinking based on mental shortcuts, and slower, analytical thinking that requires effort.
—Arryn Robbins, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2025
Fixtures that remind us of hotel stays—like blackout curtains, upholstered bed frames, and luxury bedding—can be shortcuts to achieving more serene sleep.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shortcut
Verb
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In 2025, anticipate a more surgical integration of AI with real-world systems, sparking innovation built on the increasingly sophisticated replication of agentic workloads, or else technology circumventing the need for AI altogether.—
Ruth Foxe Blader,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Lutnick said a comprehensive approach was needed so that small nations could not be used by larger countries to circumvent the tariffs.—
Douglas Gillison, Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This design makes for a lot of tense moments as players use up their items and jockey for position at the end of each section cutoff.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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Minnesota layoffs State Health Commissioner Brooke Cunningham said the funding cutoff came with little warning.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued the first waiver of the administration to speed President Trump’s border wall, bypassing environmental regulations to aid construction.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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Luna, a cosponsor of the bill, moved to bypass leadership and launched a discharge petition, a procedural move that allows a measure to move forward without the speaker's approval, to force a vote on it.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Amanda McPherson, 38, and Johnathon McPherson, 27, were caught when detectives discovered seemingly unrelated cases of fraud shared the same postal routes, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in an April 17 news release.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Get to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid windows.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Houston threw numbers behind the ball for most of the game to avoid getting hit by the deadly counterattacks and transitions KC has been known for.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Electric cars hit the roads and smart phones hit the stores.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Chubs had a long road to this seemingly happy ending.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Security scrutinized: Suspect eluded officers protecting Shapiro Balmer started fires while troopers searched Troopers were able to safely evacuate Shapiro's family and others in the mansion, but the fire raises the question of how Balmer was able to evade security.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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Most of these are fine goals, and some (such as finally terminating the university’s efforts to evade a Supreme Court–ordered end to its use of race discrimination in admissions) ought to be uncontroversial.—
The Editors,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This is not the homeless problem that New Yorkers are most familiar with: people sleeping on subway cars or begging for change on street corners, often struggling with mental illness or addiction.—
Jonah Markowitz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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As a soft evening rain began to coat the cobblestone streets of Budapest’s Buda Castle District, my husband and I ducked excitedly into Korona Kávéház, a family-run confectionery and cafe, with dessert on the mind.—
Sable Massingill Martinez,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Shortcut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shortcut. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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