Sentence examples for were circumventing from inspiring English sources
verb
To avoid or get around something; to bypass
But Stephen, by then in his thirties, was angered by the way that academics were circumventing the wishes of the estate.
By the mid-1980s, candidonorsand donors were circumventing the spending limits by raising unlimited "soft money" donations to party committees from corporations, unions and wealthy individuals.
The commission, which has three Democratic members and three Republican ones, began the effort this year amid accusations from Republicans and campaign watchdogs that 527 committees were circumventing the new law.
For years, there have been allegations that some agents and owners were circumventing the salary cap, using a loophole that lets a team re-sign its own free agents after three years even if the new contract exceeds the cap.
Weeks before Correa's sentencing allegations surfaced that the Boston Red Sox were circumventing international signing rules in Venezuela by raising player signing bonuses through a series of winks, nods and maybe even bags of cash.
Just a few weeks ago reports surfaced that the Boston Red Sox were circumventing international signing rules in Venezuela by raising player signing bonuses through a series of winks, nods and maybe even some bags of cash.
Allfirst officials said they could not explain how their controls were circumvented.
"Normal rules were circumvented.
Apparently, the normal processes were circumvented for possible political favors.
These limitations were circumvented by using transgenic mice overexpressing catalase.
Interestingly, 85% of the blocked reactions were circumvented with just one or two resolving reactions.
