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 During the expedition’s first ten days, the ship navigated a strong storm, with ocean swells reaching two to three metres. —

Akash Kapur, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 In the years after Dolman’s death, the comedian acknowledged that his children navigated a tumultuous time without their mother. —

Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026 Still, that’s something that can be navigated, unlike the industry-wide challenge caused by soaring gold prices. —

Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 10 May 2026 After Seth stepped away from his band NEEDTOBREATHE last year and Tori navigated a journey with infertility, the two are overjoyed to be welcoming another little one. —

Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026 Then the pandemic hit, and as kids navigated tough situations at home, isolation, more screen time and school closures, misbehavior got worse. —

Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026 But after that rough first inning, Snelling navigated through his final four innings of work without giving up a run despite a constant stream of traffic. —

Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026 Bennett, making his second career start, navigated a tricky Rays lineup that uses speed and small ball to pressure the defense. —

Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 May 2026 In most large companies, that access is informal, undocumented, and navigated through relationships. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026

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These gaps — as well as the significant positives of antidepressants and the risks of untreated depression — steered the authors’ research.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Advocaat had steered Curacao – an island in the Caribbean Sea that is home to around 155,000 people – to the first World Cup in their history in November.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 13 May 2026