Thesaurus results for NAVIGATED

navigated

verb

past tense of navigate

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 sailed

to travel on water in a vessel the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal

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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 The two dated through their senior year, then navigated long distance through college and starting jobs in different cities. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026 Like anyone who has navigated the music industry for more than two decades, Larsson has felt the ebbs and flows of success. — Remy Rippon, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2026 The pair navigated a range of financial, operational and cultural challenges of growing the sport of pro lacrosse, putting their fraternal and business relationship to the test. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026 The team navigated tropical storms, hurricanes and the Kelvin wave. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026 That is when his team navigated prototypes and held discussions with potential clients to figure out what Capsum could bring to the industry with its technology. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 The 49ers have had a tougher schedule, but have navigated it very well. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Air rescue and airboat crews navigated the swampy terrain to reach the victims. — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 By the time a patient sits down with an oncologist, the care team may have already navigated prior authorization and assembled clinical documentation from multiple sources. — Jackie Njoroge, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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The view from the CFO’s office The finance chief, Paul Jacobson, has steered the company into a position where Kelty has room to dig deep and experiment.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
On April 8, 2025, the Herald/Times Tallahassee bureau broke the story, reporting that the DeSantis administration had steered Medicaid settlement money toward the Hope Florida Foundation.

— Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

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Needing 11 yards on fourth down to continue their drive and cut into a 23-7 Packers lead, Prescott narrowly avoided a sack before lofting a pass that sailed out the back of the end zone, not close to any particular Cowboys receiver.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Yet Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare – senior Tory politician, former athlete, bestselling novelist and bon viveur – simply sailed on.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailed

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According to Clarksons, 36 percent of container capacity routed via the canal or the Cape of Good Hope traversed the Suez in early October, up from 8 percent between 2024 and mid-2026.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
Concerns over driverless robotaxis, such as the Waymo vehicles that have traversed the Atlanta streets since last year, are also reasonable.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of traversed

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Robb Report piloted it around Belgium, and the famed TV show Top Gear reviewed it in what would be its final episode.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026
Alongside its longstanding classroom-in-residence program, in which fourth- through sixth-grade classes spend a week at the museum, the Hammer piloted its classroom partnership program under Ryan.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of piloted

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Treasury said Caspian had transported IRGC personnel and weapons to Syria and said Meraj had ferried illicit cargo, including weapons, to the Syrian government.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
But that requires arms with minor-league options who can be ferried between Triple-A Albuquerque and Denver.

— Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of ferried

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Electricity costs rank first, followed by water usage and environmental impact.

— Will Johnson, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Billie Joe Armstrong followed Dangerfield on Instagram, and the two struck up a friendship that led to the Paradox opening for Green Day on the Atlanta stop of its Saviors Tour.

— Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of followed

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Iowa State crossed Arizona's 40-yard line three times, its only points coming on Kyle Konrady's 40-yard field goal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
While countries like Sweden and France are pursuing similar deep geological repositories, Finland has officially crossed the finish line first.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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