PROCEEDED (ALONG) Synonyms: 26 Similar Words

proceeded (along)

verb

past tense of proceed (along)

as in traversed

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

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The bottom line An imperfect borrowing climate which has solidified thanks to an extended Fed rate pause will need to be traversed carefully.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Around 100 commercial vessels traversed the strait on a typical day before the war.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

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Rutherford sailed past the Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden just a few days ago, and crossed into waters controlled by the Russian government this weekend.

— Henry Larson, NPR, 9 Aug. 2026
And South Sudan's first World Heritage site, the Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape, protects a vast sweep of savanna, wetlands, and floodplains crossed by one of the world's largest terrestrial mammal migrations.

— Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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The new agreement says the Travelers would pay $150,000 per year in rent over the first five years of the contract, followed by a hike every five years of either 4% or the increase in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less.

— Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2026
Iván Herrera followed with an RBI double off of a Warren sinker, also to deep center field.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

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This is a large, Art Deco covered market, built in the 1920s for an architectural competition.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
Inside the Lasch Football Building, for example, there’s barely a wall not covered in some sort of a mural featuring a uniformed player, Nike swoosh proudly displayed.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

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In that time, Sezalory had three kids, lost a brother and navigated her mother’s cancer diagnosis, all of which brought a new perspective.

— Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
The Tampa Bay Rays have navigated a whirlwind of transactions at and since the trade deadline.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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This year's primary also could test the growing clout of democratic socialists, who have traveled from across the country to help campaign for Bush.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
The first week of August, Popliger traveled to Los Angeles to visit two camp friends, one with Gaucher disease and another with nemaline myopathy.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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