Example Sentences

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A walking tour was launched last year after villagers noticed fans risking their safety near a busy by-pass while en route to nearby Twemlow Viaduct, where the singer apparently had his first kiss.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

"It's on the by-pass so it's not going to create any traffic in the town center. McDonald's are pretty good at keeping their sites clean. I don't see it as a problem."

From Fox News • Sep. 17, 2019

The NCI’s so-called by-pass budget is generally seen as a “wish list” by Congress, but lawmakers have yet to match its requested amount with actual appropriations—and the pattern is likely to continue this year.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 18, 2015

That would have bought us the time for our fantastic technologies to mature and by-pass Microsoft.

From Forbes • Nov. 25, 2013

V is the overload or by-pass valve used for admitting steam to intermediate stage of the turbine.

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)