bypass
noun
a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
had bypassed
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past perfectof bypass.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Friday’s action comes after reports that a user had bypassed the safety guardrails of Anthropic’s Fable 5, adding to worries about cyberattacks that have built up since the company began previewing Mythos earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Dr Jayaram told jurors that he wished he had bypassed hospital management and gone to the police.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2023
But he said that much of the recent corporate generosity had bypassed the smallest historically Black colleges.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2021
Fire, no stranger to these hills where the Sierra Nevada meets the Cascade Range, had bypassed the family before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2020
Her disdain did not convince Richard; it began when Madu complained that His Excellency had bypassed him and made his junior a commanding officer.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
