aviated

verb

past tense of aviate
as in flew
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings once humankind learned how to aviate, the world became a much smaller place

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aviated
  1. hovered
  2. sailed
  3. floated
  4. glided
  5. soared
  6. winged
  7. drifted
Verb
  • The former traded around the levels not seen since 2007, while the latter hovered near 2004 highs.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Oil has hovered above $90 a barrel all month and spent most of September north of $100.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of hovered
Verb
  • Aubrey's 65-yard attempt with about 30 seconds left in the second quarter sailed wide left.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Before its commissioning, the destroyer sailed from Norfolk to Florida and then traveled to Alaska through the Panama Canal.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of sailed
Verb
  • Crumbs that floated away from the sandwich could have interfered with the operation of flight equipment and caused the loss of the mission and its crew.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Gluons glued quarks together to make protons and neutrons, which floated around as a gas rather than a plasma.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of floated
Verb
  • The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Merino glided away from challenges to keep Arsenal in control.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of glided
Verb
  • Business also soared with ticket revenue up more than 25% and an annual sponsorship bump of $26 million, thanks to new pacts with Xfinity and Bank of America, as well as multiple extensions.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The incomplete updates leave the city’s taxpayers with less information than promised on matters such as who is winning business — and the attendant jobs and profits — from contracts that soared to $687 million in value last year.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of soared
Verb
  • Here, Martha uses small white pumpkins to create fanged vampire and winged pat pumpkins.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Makeup artist Saisha Beecham kept her complexion warm with peachy-brown hues, winged liner, and feathery lashes that complement the texture of her Rick Owens dress.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of winged
Verb
  • After the young widow stepped back behind the black curtains, where scoops of mint chocolate chip in disposable bamboo bowls drifted through a room of donors and White House staffers, the evening moved from celebration to wake.
    — Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Now Alicia, a New York dame, drifted over to the orange jackets.
    — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of drifted
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“Aviated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aviated. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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