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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 In flight tests, the tiny drone navigated pitch-black enclosures, mapped unknown room layouts, hugged surface contours, and located exits without a single visual cue. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 Under Arnold’s leadership the FSF has navigated a period of significant change across both the organization and the fashion industry. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 How that journey is navigated is the key to the production being successful in rising above convention. — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 How that relationship gets navigated often determines whether the new leader inherits a team or a quiet resistance. — Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 Using a thermal imaging camera, Johnson navigated around the heavy smoke. — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 The Braves have navigated a difficult stretch featuring the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays and Phillies. — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Lukas navigated the group of out-of-town commanders to the closest door. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, her mother, having navigated four older siblings’ athletic careers, was free to travel with 14-year-old Tracy because the nest was empty. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigated
  1. steered
  2. sailed
  3. traversed
  4. piloted
  5. ferried
  6. followed
  7. crossed
  8. walked
Verb
  • The Chargers were scuffling on Sunday even before WR Ladd McConkey was sidelined with a chest injury (after a Justin Herbert pass steered him into a huge collision).
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Every Sunday, a group known as the Ciegocleta meets in Ecuador's capital city of Quito to ride tandem bikes that are steered by volunteers who can see, but pedaled by blind riders.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of steered
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  • And a 26-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin arrived aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle, which had sailed from England nearly four years earlier on a mission to chart South America.
    — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 14, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Tyler Shough’s two-point pass attempt sailed over Noah Fant, allowing Detroit to avoid the near-collapse with a 31-30 victory in overtime.
    — Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of sailed
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  • To find their bodies, that afternoon Comella and other firemen traversed the steep, smoldering steel mountain using a series of ladders, a process not unlike the way trekkers negotiate the treacherous Khumbu ice fall at the base of Mount Everest.
    — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • As the airplane air-conditioning worked overtime in the desert heat, the grooms traversed the tarmac numerous times to shuttle water and supplies to the horses.
    — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of traversed
Verb
  • Nineteen hijackers carried out the attacks, led by Mohamed Atta, who piloted American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, the retailer last year piloted an ambassador program among store associates, recruiting 10 employees who were responsible for posting multiple pieces of monthly content.
    — Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of piloted
Verb
  • The Pilot once ferried maritime pilots to larger ships in Boston Harbor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas While Madilynn Becker has long since given up most of her rituals and superstitions, there was one that ferried her through her young pageant career.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of ferried
Verb
  • The move is the first in a string of major central bank decisions this week, with the Bank of England up next, and followed by the Bank of Japan on Friday.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That study, being conducted by DRC and Doctors Without Borders, will give participants a shot of Ervebo, followed a month later by a shot of an experimental vaccine designed to protect against the Sudan version of the Ebola virus.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of followed
Verb
  • Just east of the creek – which was crossed by a stone bridge built in 1896 – Monticello's main street branched north from the highway near Gunn Ranch.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2026
  • This includes images from Mars rovers starting in the 1990s and data showing that both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 crossed into interstellar space in the 2010s.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of crossed
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  • At one point, Ramírez, decked out in his jockey outfit, walked Rolison around the grounds by the ear of his horse costume.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The Londoner walked away looking only slightly less confused.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of walked

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“Navigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigated. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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