bypass
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The number of doctors the U.S. can add a year is limited by available residency slots, and many newly minted MDs often bypass primary care in favor of higher-paying specialties.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Pork Pie Way has been chosen as the name of Melton Mowbray's new bypass after a public vote.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The text attempts to bypass these criticisms with this language: “None of the funds made available under this section may be used for non-security elements of the East Wing Modernization Project.”
From Slate • May 9, 2026
About 15% of barrels transiting the Strait of Hormuz daily are refined products like jet fuel, which lacks crude oil’s bypass options.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
To bypass the locked circuit, start the engine, steer the boat out of dock under the pier-lamps and so off to Orgoreyn, having never run a motorboat, seemed a silly desperate venture.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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