How to Use bypass in a Sentence

bypass

1 of 2 noun
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  • The bridge is being rebuilt so we'll have to take the bypass.
  • While the lungs are out of the body, patients are hooked up to a heart-lung bypass machine to keep them alive.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • These bypass doors will save you time and energy, and—bonus!—they're easy to DIY.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
  • Many of the dogs in the video bypass Thompson altogether to hang with their friends.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Gastric bypass, developed in the late 1960s, creates a small pouch near the top of the stomach.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 28 Jan. 2023
  • My mother had a high HDL but still needed bypass surgery.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 July 2022
  • In 2018, Donny and Marie posted about Tom’s quadruple bypass surgery and asked fans for their prayers.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
  • At the very least, the bypass valve on the softening unit should be used to prevent water from flowing into the unit.
    — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The bypass system could be combined with artificial headlands to hold the sand on the beach.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Town shuttle will deliver bus riders to Albion base, The Cliffs lodge and stops along the bypass road.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022
  • No cause was given, though Dawson had had prostate cancer and quadruple heart-bypass surgery over the years.
    — Dave Skretta, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2022
  • No cause was given, though Dawson had had prostate cancer and quadruple heart bypass surgery over the years.
    — Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The sound wall is currently used to minimize noise from traffic on the bypass.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The surgery went well, according to the gofundme page, but when Hewes was being taken off the bypass, the left side of his heart did not start beating.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Among the disadvantages is the fact that assets placed in the bypass trust don’t get a step-up in tax basis when the surviving spouse dies.
    — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Pruning shears are available in bypass, anvil, ratchet, and straight-blade.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
  • From there, the ability to flow meaningful amounts of water through bypass tubes would be at risk.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Then the fire began spotting north of the bypass, into the Wahikuli neighborhood, Blackburn said.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • My doctors concluded that the blockages took place rather soon after the bypass surgery.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2023
  • There are three basic types of pruning shears: anvil, bypass and ratchet.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The tests found acute blockages in the arteries around his heart, and his doctors performed a triple-bypass heart surgery two days later.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Hodges has ruled on about a dozen judicial-bypass cases.
    — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 29 Nov. 2022
  • When Colby was unable to come off of bypass after the surgery, the lawsuit says the surgeon should have gone back to the operating room.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Kitchens had quadruple bypass surgery and a heart valve replacement in Huntsville in September of 2021.
    — Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Most gardeners use bypass pruners, the type with a scissorlike action in which the blades move past each other.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Rene Favaloro performs the first coronary bypass surgery in 1967, taking a length of vein from a leg and grafting it onto the coronary artery.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 20 Oct. 2022
  • On the other side, a temporary bypass allows traffic to crawl through.
    — Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The device pulls blood out of the body to oxygenate and ventilate it, functioning like pulmonary bypass at the bedside.
    — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Now, some of the newest spreads bypass nuts altogether.
    — Julekha Dash, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Use bypass pruners on small branches, loppers on medium-sized branches and a saw on big branches.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
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bypass

2 of 2 verb
  • To bypass the city, take the highway that circles it.
  • Is there a way to bypass the bridge construction?
  • He bypassed the manager and talked directly to the owner.
  • She managed to bypass the usual paperwork.
  • Its size has helped draw major acts whose tours bypassed San Diego in the past.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the biggest concert tours of the year will be stopping here, while some of the biggest will be bypassing us.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Travelers heading north can do the same route in reverse to bypass the closed section of the road.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2023
  • Park goers should not attempt to bypass any barricades or signs, the city said.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Then he was bypassed for three games while on the active roster, with Spoelstra staying with Zeller.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Ko hadn’t yet made partner at Gensler when Huang chose him for the Nvidia headquarters, bypassing Ko’s boss.
    — Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • This method allows the CBD to bypass the liver and be distributed throughout the body more quickly.
    — Nick Mourtoupalas, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Many wave off the drug in the early days of Covid, when symptoms tend to be mildest, bypassing the chance to limit early viral growth.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • With the nonprofit involved, the project could bypass deed restrictions that threaten to derail the plan.
    — Leah Waters, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The group has bypassed state lawmakers by seeking to bring two proposals in front of voters in 2024.
    — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • This bypassed the normal and legal method of ratification of law, in which the House first votes and passes a bill, and then the Senate takes a vote.
    — Kate C. Lemay, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
  • Tarik Skubal seemed to relish the opportunity to bypass an off day.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2023
  • Offsetting that bypassed opportunity, SoftBank’s stake in Arm was worth about $12 billion more by the end of the day thanks to the share price gain.
    — Ryan Gould, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Asked for his early pick for the top team in college football in 2023, Ingram bypassed his alma mater for Michigan.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 21 July 2023
  • Now, some are bypassing content mills and opting for AI instead.
    — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • On a night when Aledo’s defense was bypassed for 434 yards while he was largely hindered by a cramp, linebacker Davhon Keys found a way to leave his imprint on both sides of the ball.
    — Greg McKenna, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But the Cigna review system that blocked van Terheyden’s claim bypasses those steps.
    — Patrick Rucker, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The Senate’s 42-page bill will bypass the resources committee.
    — Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • In an unprecedented move, Swift’s team bypassed Hollywood studios and partnered directly with the world’s largest exhibitor — to bring the film to the big screen.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2023
  • There is a very real chance that the Court may rule on the statutory argument and bypass the constitutional case.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Instead, Tuberville has said that the Senate can hold confirmation votes on each promotion to bypass his holds.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • However, risks for the global economy remain as many ships continue to bypass that route for a longer trip around Africa’s southern tip.
    — Jon Gambrell, Fortune Asia, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But fans like Smith are bypassing Mattel’s recent strategy, preferring to source vintage Barbie merch to play dress up for the film.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 24 July 2023
  • Austin bypassed the traditional route of art school, agents and curators, and did it all herself with a little help from Instagram.
    — Emiene Wright, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The safest, and easiest, second option is to bypass the do-it-yourself route and buy an upside-down tree with a sturdy metal or aluminum stand built into the design.
    — Linley Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Kobe Bryant and LeBron James were other prominent players to bypass college.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023

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