bypass
noun
a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
bypasses
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pluralof bypass.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof bypass (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
bypassnouna road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
Example Sentences
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Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, the kingdom’s only export route that bypasses Hormuz, went offline Thursday due to drones launched from Iraq.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
But some of the pollution bypasses the plants and pours directly into the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
While it may be scant consolation for those in communties around old urban motorways, bypasses like the one at Port Talbot are less likely to be built now.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Writing in the Guardian, philosophers Mark Alfano and Michał Klincewicz called this AI-generated “slopaganda” — and argued that it works precisely because the aesthetic presentation bypasses reasoning and hits our emotions directly.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
This door bypasses the navy checkpoint and leads straight to the port.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
