PROCEED (ALONG) Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

proceed (along)

verb

Definition of proceed (along)

as in to cross

to make one's way through, across, or over the hikers proceeded along the ridge for several hundred feet

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Seigler, though, crossed home plate before Sogard was put out at first.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Before the war, an average of 120 vessels crossed the crucial waterway, through which one-fifth of global oil supplies used to travel, every day.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cross

Verb

Inter Miami paid tribute to Lionel Messi’s father, Jorge Messi, after his death following an illness was announced on Saturday.

— Avi Creditor, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of follow

Verb

The edge defender walked off the field with team trainers and did not return, though Koonce continued to practice.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
The Santa Monica pilot showed a meaningful shift away from solo car trips and that meant more people were walking, riding bikes and scooters.

— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of walk

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His grandfather, Keshavlal Modi, began trading rough diamonds in the 1930s, navigating the Mumbai-Singapore commercial route and laying the foundations of the family business.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Heming Willis, 50, has since become an advocate for dementia awareness and caregiving while navigating her husband's frontotemporal dementia diagnosis.

— Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of navigate

Verb

For the next minute, the military-like fanfare travels from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, out across the airwaves of the world.

— Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
And with another Formula One weekend approaching, bringing precisely the international, high-spending and well-travelled customer this property was designed to attract, that decision looks to be a winner.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of travel

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Over the years, she's been given a moon rock and received a piece of gold foil that covered the Apollo 11 capsule — a gift from one of the Navy frogmen who helped recover the command module and its crew.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
The program covers up to 80% of the costs to rent and provides $10,000 grants to cover the costs of things like permit fees and insurance expenses.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

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