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
Three Chinese ships transited Australia from February to March, traveling from the eastern seaboard to the western seaboard.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Remote and treacherous, the Northwest Passage has been transited less than 500 times in recorded history.
—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
Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Remote and treacherous, the Northwest Passage has been transited less than 500 times in recorded history.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transited
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But if progress in robotics proceeds anywhere close to the speed of the wider AI industry, that wide distance may nevertheless be traversed in a short space of time.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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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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Baltasar Rodriguez had stolen the ball from an Atlanta defender and crossed the ball to Messi.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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The two crossed paths while working on the 1981 comedy, Under the Rainbow.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Before national rules, businesses navigated a patchwork of state laws that were inefficient, inconsistent, and sometimes dangerous.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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The crippling winter of 2023, one Houston navigated without a general manager, can now be considered a thing of the past.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s threat followed Beijing’s tightening of its control on rare earths, a group of critical minerals essential in the production of a wide range of electronics, automobiles and semiconductors.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Boise State generally made life miserable for Layne, the Idaho Vandals transfer who followed his coach, Jason Eck, from Moscow to Albuquerque.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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For this round of protests, there’s no comparable group of out-of-town left-wing influencers who have traveled to Portland, although local independent journalists have documented the protests on sites such as TikTok and Bluesky.—
Jo Yurcaba,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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But the dream-school mindset treats admissions as a prize to be won rather than a path to be traveled.—
Jeffrey Selingo,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Crutchfield walked attendees through both the plants and the college’s collection of dyestuffs, highlighting the institution’s sustainable processes at this rather unique urban greenspace.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Oct. 2025
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Defenseman Jake Livanavage walked the puck down from center point and passed into the right circle.—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Transited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transited. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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