Thesaurus results for NAVIGATES

navigates

verb

present tense third-person singular of navigate

as in steers

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 sails

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 traverses

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 navigates As the Charlotte Hornets’ 2024 first-round pick navigates the summer months leading into his third year, there are several tasks on Salaün’s offseason list that must be checkmarked. —

Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026 Sasha navigates an anxiety disorder after dealing with a stalker. —

Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026 How Vanguard navigates this and other challenges will provide valuable information for a future transition in Cuba, Piñón added. —

Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026 The rest of the crew will make their Below Deck debuts as the Akira One navigates the waters off Dubrovnik, Croatia. —

Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026 These lawsuits have caused a major headache for the NCAA as the association navigates uncharted territory, where big-name college athletic departments are shelling out millions of dollars on their rosters for high-profile sports such as football and basketball. —

Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2026 General Manager Kurt Macher navigates Porowski’s stay. —

Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026 The pop singer navigates issues between her creative partner (Hailey Benton Gates) and a mercurial director (Alexander Skarsgård) while planning a world tour, though this Charli needs a vacation more than anything. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Hiring Drew Petzing as offensive coordinator and Mike Kafka as passing game coordinator brings fresh thinking to Detroit as the team navigates roster attrition. —

Mike Sando, New York Times, 27 May 2026

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Verb

That process shapes and steers the beam while reducing hardware complexity.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
But laboratory confirmation, genomic sequencing to track the strain, the epidemiological analysis that steers the response, and more can be supported from the national and some provincial capitals.

— Tom Frieden, STAT, 6 June 2026