He contended that the system was increasingly bypassing and playing down the bureau, thereby blunting the system's best weapon against absenteeism.

People close to Mr. Coelho and Mr. Gore said that the two had never worked well together, and that the vice president was increasingly bypassing him and turning to other advisers like Carter Eskew.

In the era of TiVo, the device that allows viewers to fast-forward through commercials, companies like Bulgari are increasingly bypassing traditional advertising agencies and jumping directly into the "content" business themselves.

It comes at a time when consumers, as well as business travelers, are increasingly bypassing traditional travel agents in favor of the Internet.

Marketers have become alarmed as consumers increasingly bypass commercials using digital video recorders like TiVo, and spend more time flipping among a wide array of television networks, Internet sites and video games.

As of December, 2012 due to a narrow channel, larger cruise ships increasingly bypass Key West.

Kissinger also increasingly bypassed the Department of State to supervise personally sensitive negotiations in order to avoid what he and President Nixon agreed were likely bureaucratic disputes and inertia.

Giant marketers like Mars, Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola and Unilever are increasingly bypassing their giant agencies to award assignments to smaller, presumably nimbler, independent shops that specialize in nontraditional creative ideas.

In the meantime, Maine trawlers are increasingly bypassing local piers for Massachusetts.

Food aid is being used to make up the shortfall in Kenya's supplies, but international donors are increasingly bypassing the state because of government corruption.