as in traversed
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 transited
Remote and treacherous, the Northwest Passage has been transited less than 500 times in recorded history.
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Robin Catalano, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
Astronomers have aimed the James Webb telescope's powerful NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument toward the solar system as planet e transited in front of its star.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
As part of its Indo-Pacific deployment, the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales transited from the Pacific off Japan's eastern coast to the Sea of Japan off the country's western coast over the weekend, deploying fighter jets for a drill with Japanese aircraft.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Robin Catalano, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025
Astronomers have aimed the James Webb telescope's powerful NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument toward the solar system as planet e transited in front of its star.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
As part of its Indo-Pacific deployment, the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales transited from the Pacific off Japan's eastern coast to the Sea of Japan off the country's western coast over the weekend, deploying fighter jets for a drill with Japanese aircraft.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transited
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The Location and Set Curb traversed the city of Los Angeles for the majority of its twelve seasons.—
THR Staff,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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The project has traversed an impressive festival circuit, developing through labs at Dharamshala, Film Bazaar, HAF and Cannes.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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When his high fly ball crossed into Toronto’s home bullpen, Guerrero earned his first playoff homer.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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According to reports, police alleged Lacy crossed a center line in an attempt to pass slower vehicles, which caused a pickup truck driver to brake and swerve to avoid Lacy’s car.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Colleges, Zimmerman shows, have navigated this territory by staying true to Garfield’s vision.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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Bradley, to his credit, navigated things reasonably well.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After the racing announcement, there was a dinner followed by a garage reveal.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Soon, Allen’s teammates followed suit.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The coffee shop has become a go-to for far east side Detroiters who have long traveled to neighboring Grosse Pointe for a nearby caffeine fix.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Laura Hern’s mom even traveled to Kentucky from out of state to check on her daughter, court filings state, but Tyler Hern didn’t open the door.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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At one point while McIlroy walked to his next shot alongside his wife Erica, a fan appeared to throw a beer at him, which instead hit his wife, according to ESPN.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Nick Pivetta arrived at Wrigley Field on Monday morning, climbed a set of stairs and walked along an aisle in the lower seating bowl.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Transited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transited. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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