navigated

verb

past tense of navigate
1
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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2
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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3
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 This exhibition includes multiple cohorts of practitioners who have navigated a field that remains marginalized by the mainstream art world. — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026 He’s been impressed with how his lifelong friend has navigated everything swirling around him. — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026 As Paramount navigated back-to-back mergers with the former iteration of Skydance and WBD, they were not replaced. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026 The Broncos have navigated the toughest part of their schedule and sit at 5-2. — Sam McDowell 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigated
  1. steered
  2. sailed
  3. traversed
  4. piloted
  5. ferried
  6. followed
  7. crossed
  8. walked
Verb
  • Drucker, who has steered away from mentioning the criminal case against her opponent in campaign advertisements and on social media, did not mention Caruso by name in a statement released Tuesday evening.
    — Zoey Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • And this time it’s being steered by global editorial director Adam Baidawi, who took over in February 2026 after longtime editor Will Welch departed for a role working for Pharrell Williams in Paris.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of steered
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  • Cleopatra and Julius Caesar sailed the river with a 400-ship flotilla.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Olympic figure skater Amber Glenn sailed to another strong lead with an Argentine tango inspired by Black Swan.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of sailed
Verb
  • The candidates in the New York governor's race traversed the state on Sunday, looking to score late points with voters ahead of Tuesday's election.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Up until that point, Australia had been the only continent to dodge the virus which has traversed the globe, leaving a trail of carcasses in its path.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of traversed
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The first few days of Riyadh Season have gone ahead with little incident, even if participants were forced to divert to other cities or even neighboring Bahrain or Kuwait before being ferried back to the Saudi capital.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of ferried
Verb
  • Her daughter, Jane Harnick, told the New York Times that her mother’s death followed a terminal cancer diagnosis.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Junior Leni Young followed that with a block to tie the score 14-14.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of followed
Verb
  • Likely landing in seventh place is Sony’s Resident Evil, which crossed $400 million at the global box office in its seventh weekend of release.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Scarecrows found their way to the United States once immigrant farmers crossed the Atlantic.
    — Victoria Hoffmann, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of crossed
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  • Elsewhere, a pink-haired Adéla and smoky-eyed Demi Lovato walked the red carpet before a night of festivities joined by the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Charlize Theron and more.
    — Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • When the sidewalk ended, Brown walked across the four empty lanes towards the other sidewalk.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of walked

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“Navigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigated. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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