transited

past tense of transit

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of transited By comparison, more than 100 ships transited Hormuz daily before the war and crude exports totaled more than 15 million bpd. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 July 2026 Overall, 59 cargo vessels transited through Suez in the two-week period ahead of June 28, up 7 percent from the movement over the previous 14-day stretch. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 July 2026 Another products tanker transited along the same route earlier, openly signaling its intentions, and is now broadcasting a location in the Gulf of Oman. Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Any monetization of the strait would be a dramatic change from the situation before the war, when commercial ships carrying 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas supply transited the waterway without fees. Abigail Williams, NBC news, 3 July 2026 At least 258 ships transited the waterway last week, a period that included Iranian strikes on two commercial vessels, according to marine data and analysis company Lloyd’s List Intelligence. Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 Forty ships transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, according to data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler, a number still significantly lower than the average daily crossings before the war with Iran started in February. Deva Lee, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 In total, 29 commodity vessels crossed on Saturday and 12 transited on Sunday, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler. Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 29 June 2026 Some 78 transited last Wednesday, the day before the tit-for-tat exchanges began, the Associated Press reported. Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transited
Verb
  • Some traffic traversed the strait on Tuesday, according to data and analytics company Kpler, which verified 41 crossings compared to 36 on Monday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • The first Spanish expedition to California in 1542 was followed about 220 years later when Gaspar de Portolá and Franciscan monk Junipero Serra traversed the coastal lands.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • On Saturday, 19 vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz in either direction, but only one openly signaled its inbound transit along the Omani coast, Kpler data show.
    Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • Unlike last year, however, no Russian drones or missiles crossed the sky above the campsite on their way toward Kyiv.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • Those fatalities followed the deaths of at least nine members of Iran’s armed forces in Wednesday’s strikes, according to state media.
    Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Thorpe followed his pentathlon win with another commanding performance in the decathlon, earning his second medal of the 1912 Olympics and setting a world record.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • Ohtani successfully navigated traffic to throw a scoreless fifth, but Xander Bogaerts tagged him for an RBI double in the sixth.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • His father, seeking stability and education for his sons, navigated challenges to build a new life.
    Phil Kafarakis, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • The Royals allowed three runs on a baseball that traveled all of 39 feet and made three throwing errors on one play.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • The Kansas City Royals committed three errors on one Carson Benge comebacker in the first inning at Citi Field on Tuesday night, turning a ball that traveled maybe 50 feet into three New York Mets runs.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • At the ages of 15 and 12, the brothers walked shoulder-to-shoulder behind their mother Princess Diana's coffin in 1997.
    Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Fairbanks then walked Max Muncy, who moved to second on defensive indifference, and Heim delivered a two-run single.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Transited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transited. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster