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as in to cross
to make one's way through, across, or over
once you transit that stretch of dense woods, the hiking should be much easier
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Recent Examples of transit
Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The Gladstone and Pascack Valley rail lines were still suspended Monday afternoon, with the hope of getting them up and running by Tuesday, transit officials said.
—Nick Caloway, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
When transiting this Air sign, the love planet refuses to be boxed in and weighed down by another’s expectations.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The departure lounge felt less like a transit space than a place of mourning.
—Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The Gladstone and Pascack Valley rail lines were still suspended Monday afternoon, with the hope of getting them up and running by Tuesday, transit officials said.
—Nick Caloway, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four planets on compact orbits close to their star, and all of which are seen to transit.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2026
When transiting this Air sign, the love planet refuses to be boxed in and weighed down by another’s expectations.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transit
Noun
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While flat structures work well in many systems, one-dimensional forms offer advantages in applications that require fast transport or mechanical reinforcement.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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Alongside metabolism, the team also measured reproductive hormones and blood parameters linked to oxygen transport.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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During the first few days of operation, only 50 people per day will be allowed to cross both ways, Egypt’s state-affiliates AlQahera News reported on Monday, citing an unidentified source.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Egyptian authorities said the first day of operations will allow up to 50 Palestinians to cross in each direction, a figure that reflects the narrow scope of the initial reopening rather than a full return to prewar travel.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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He was arrested and charged with five counts of burglary of unoccupied conveyance and three counts of conspire to commit burglary of an unoccupied conveyance.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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Almost always in these cases, an officer facing down a moving two-ton conveyance will have a fraction of a second to decide if a lethal threat exists.—
Laurence Miller,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2026
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Sometime in the next week, another part of the team, working from the South Korean icebreaker RV Araon, aims to drop another cable, which a robot will traverse once a day, down to a rocky moraine in the Amundsen Sea.—
Christian Elliott,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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As Indianapolis has expanded its winter contingency plan to include new emergency shelters during dangerously cold weather, a small group of IMPD officers and nonprofit workers traverse the city to inform people living outdoors of their options and even drive some to safety.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
30 Jan. 2026
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However, the account directly conflicted with reports that Tommy Skakel had not traveled with his family that evening.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The methodology employed helps to trace just how far back genetic conditions travel through our human history to even glean new insights into unknown variants.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Together, the three systems enable continuous, adaptive whole-body autonomy — allowing humanoid robots to walk, carry, reach, and recover in real time.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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What kind of person would shoot a poet on the street and walk away?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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This makes vocal communication a reliable way — if not the only way — for dolphins to maintain contact with one another, especially when traveling, hunting or navigating social situations.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The return represents a milestone not just for education operations but for a community that has navigated displacement, disruption and recovery together.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The team analyzed Gallup poll data and found that in the week following Floyd's death, more than one-third of respondents reported feelings of anger and sadness.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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And their most heroic performance came at San Siro against Inter the following month, when Ofri Arad cancelled out Lautaro Martinez’s opener for the 2023 and 2025 finalists.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Transit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transit. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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