Verbal hallucinations may be employed "unconsciously" to project social fears, confirm suspicions, or fulfil social desires, bypassing open interaction with the social environment.
In interface terms, what we are talking about when we talk about skipping ahead in a conversation is bypassing the graphical user interface.
While clientelist networks remain important, they often pass through local government channels, arguably reinforcing the strength of local politicians rather than bypassing or superseding them.
Eggs are produced by self-fertilization (most trematodes are hermaphroditic), bypassing the need for the worm to mature in a definitive host.
Allegedly, neo-populist leaders overcome resistance to reform by bypassing entrenched interests and appealing directly to the people.
Changing the subject is the most dramatic form of bypassing the graphical user interface.
Equilibrium conditions were computed for each firm, bypassing the need to consider the firm's connections to other markets.
Bypassing syntax in favour of semantics means that concrete expressions look a bit unusual.