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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
circumvent .
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Examples
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The lawsuit is likely to hinge on whether RealNetworks "circumvents" the copy-protection software in DVDs, a violation of a federal law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. "If Real succeeds, you'll see a lot of similar products come out," said David Anderson, an intellectual property attorney at Nixon Peabody LLP in Los Angeles.
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A circumventor is a web-based page that takes a site that is blocked and "circumvents" it through to an unblocked web site, allowing the user to view blocked pages.
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In this implementation of the Calendar control, I have it loading the Aero theme by default through a call in the class constructor, (this was just a writing aid, and kind of circumvents all this ..
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And because the path circumvents the school's pitches, it has extended what was a gentle stroll across the grounds into a trek.
Harrow school rows with walkers over right to ramble in its grounds 2011
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Using satellites to track forage cover – rather than the number of dead animals – circumvents claims being made for animals that have died of disease or neglect rather than drought.
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This is precisely why Obama is appointing so many czars (over 30 so far). it circumvents senate confirmation.
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It circumvents traditional site navigation, which visitors have to figure out, and then navigate (the fact something has to be navigated is a clue to the problem).
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Girls who are married are invariably taken out of school, which circumvents their potential of developing the knowledge and skills to become independent actors and help pull themselves and their families out of poverty.
Katherine Gustafson: New Global Campaign Takes Aim at Child Marriage Katherine Gustafson 2011
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It was flabbergasting to hear this type ignoratio elenchi argument which conveniently circumvents the central issue.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Ghost and the Spirit Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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It was flabbergasting to hear this type ignoratio elenchi argument which conveniently circumvents the central issue.
Alemayehu G. Mariam: The Ghost and the Spirit Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010
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