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as in steered
to operate or control the course of
the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo
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as in traversed
to make one's way through, across, or over
it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it
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Recent Examples of navigated
At this point, having navigated more than six months of whipsaw tariff policies, the question of the tariffs’ legality is irrelevant for some businesses.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Many people who navigated America’s byzantine immigration and citizenship process for years were also angry at the perception that legal status was being bestowed effortlessly on entirely new groups of people.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
However, Culpo explained that she's been able to lean on her NFL player husband while she's navigated finding a balance between working and motherhood.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
The Princeton University Art Museum has navigated a controversy around its architect and political pressures facing cultural and academic institutions on the way to the opening of its new building.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
In one experiment, a robot fitted with the new skin successfully navigated a model of human arteries.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
The obstacles to accommodations have been especially stark for people like Michelle and Dakota, who hadn’t previously navigated special education, and who lacked a formal diagnosis of long Covid.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
The ways listeners consume new music has changed drastically in the last decade – and Swift has, to her credit, savvily navigated that.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Qwstion, a Swiss backpack brand founded by Christian Kägi in 2008, is one such brand that has successfully navigated this journey.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Many people who navigated America’s byzantine immigration and citizenship process for years were also angry at the perception that legal status was being bestowed effortlessly on entirely new groups of people.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
However, Culpo explained that she's been able to lean on her NFL player husband while she's navigated finding a balance between working and motherhood.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
The Princeton University Art Museum has navigated a controversy around its architect and political pressures facing cultural and academic institutions on the way to the opening of its new building.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
In one experiment, a robot fitted with the new skin successfully navigated a model of human arteries.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
The obstacles to accommodations have been especially stark for people like Michelle and Dakota, who hadn’t previously navigated special education, and who lacked a formal diagnosis of long Covid.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
The ways listeners consume new music has changed drastically in the last decade – and Swift has, to her credit, savvily navigated that.
—Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
Qwstion, a Swiss backpack brand founded by Christian Kägi in 2008, is one such brand that has successfully navigated this journey.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigated
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The recommendation algorithm that has steered millions of users into an endless stream of video shorts has been central in the security debate over TikTok.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The property was in an area Chinese immigrants and other minorities had been steered away from, according to a 1930s Phoenix redlining map.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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The final pass of the game from the 11 sailed out of bounds and incomplete.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Balloons in red and white dotted the sky, as the yachts with flags in the same colors sailed by.—
Mayu Saini,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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The team traversed steep and uneven ground, overcame vertical drops of up to 60 feet (20 meters) using rope techniques and transformed a small underground site into a temporary base.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Several states along the East Coast have been issued warnings by the National Weather Service (NWS), after a nor’easter traversed the eastern seaboard this weekend bringing with it the threat of strong wind and heavy rain.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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The Lost in Space ship was piloted by Guy Williams as the expedition commander and Lockhart's onscreen husband, Professor John Robinson, and Mark Goddard's Major West.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Chinese eVTOL maker eHang has a similar electric air taxi operation, though that one is piloted remotely in several Chinese cities.—
J. George Gorant,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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Guests were ferried in high-speed elevators to the vacant 49th floor of a new office tower in the city’s futuristic King Abdullah Financial District to take in vast cityscapes, and highlights of the British designer’s fall 2025 and spring 2026 collections.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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After calling ahead for a water taxi in Ischia Ponte, we were ferried over to Da Maria's pier, and then welcomed into the open-air dining room, which faces the Gulf of Naples.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Sep. 2025
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By the time of the centennial celebration in 1926 (a year late), tens of thousands of miles of railroad track crossed the country.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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But in stoppage time, Miami was gifted a third goal when Jordi Alba crossed from the left and keeper Willis, colliding with defender Walker Zimmerman, spilled the ball right to Messi, who had the simplest of tap-ins.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Sulfuric aerosols trapped in ice cores suggest that a truly massive volcanic eruption took place in 1809, followed by a succession of smaller eruptions that culminated in the staggering explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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That being said, the Consumer Price Index has followed an almost identical trajectory from Q420 to the most recent figures, meaning spending is merely in line with inflation.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The pickoff saved the Los Angeles Dodgers a run, as starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow walked Varsho and then gave up a single to Alejandro Kirk, but got the following two batters out to escape the jam.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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And the polar bear simply walked by the campsite and then left.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Navigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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