Simple past tense and past participle of circumvent.(verb)
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Use "circumvented" in a sentence
"Watin circumvented this confusing and useless discussion by identifying his concern as only the terrestrial (i.e., material and opaque) colors."
"Well, let ` s just say that, I think that the producers of the show have kind of circumvented certain perspectives in order to create some very interesting television."
"The governor by signing this has kind of circumvented our efforts from the local level to protect the citizens of Escondido."