bypass
noun
a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
has bypassed
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present perfectof bypass (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Saudi Arabia has bypassed Hormuz by shipping about 4.5 million barrels a day from the Red Sea port of Yanbu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
These include Chino Valley Unified, which has bypassed state education officials and certified directly to federal officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
He has bypassed bishops from archdioceses that normally have cardinals — Milan, for example — and reached into countries traditionally represented less, such as East Timor, Guatemala, Mongolia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2022
There is a paucity of justice and a plethora of paperwork, nearly all of it still processed by typewriter since the computer age has bypassed the country’s legal bureaucracy.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
He has bypassed the office of the pardon attorney in the justice department which for more than a century has played a key gatekeeping role for people seeking clemency.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2020
