transited

past tense of transit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transited In 2024, Japan’s navy also transited the Taiwan Strait for the first time, and Tokyo procured 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States. — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026 Malpensa is Italy’s second-busiest, with 31 million passengers passing through last year, compared with the 51 million passengers who transited Rome’s international airport, according to the aviation authority. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Before the war, more than 80% of Iran’s trade tonnage transited by sea via southern ports, but that’s been closed off. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 Between 26 and 35 vessels per day have transited this week, down from the 35 to 40 daily average of the prior eight weeks, according to Dimitris Ampatzidis, maritime risk and compliance manager at Kpler. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026 Oil flows ‘collapsed’ Before the war, about 20 million barrels of oil transited the Strait of Hormuz each day, representing about a fifth of the world’s supply. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 Reuters reported Friday that only seven vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, compared with a prewar daily average of 125, underscoring the pressure already facing the region’s other critical maritime choke point. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Data from analytics firm Kpler released on Monday showed that an average of 10 commodity ships transited the Strait of Hormuz per day over the past 10 days, the lowest number since May. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 An average of 10 commodity ships transited the Strait per day in the past 10 days, the lowest since May, according to shipping data on Monday. — Nayera Abdallah, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transited
Verb
  • Some days, fewer than ten ships traversed the strait—far fewer than in peacetime, when between 130 and 150 commercial vessels would make the passage each day.
    — RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The starry event has traversed the globe from New York City to London to Paris to LA and with each location the celebration of fashion, celebrity, and performance has reached new heights.
    — Glamour, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Berger spent a year and a half at the company from 1994, where his paths crossed with Basner.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
  • She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways.
    — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That’s one of the basic rules outlined in the New York Times Crossword submission guidelines and a convention followed by just about every major crossword outlet.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The film followed the trials of a struggling keyboardist who gets hold of a magical synthesizer, only to lose it and embark on a picaresque journey to get it back.
    — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The Vikes have navigated through the troubled waters of Murray’s absence to two wins and his running ability adds another dimension.
    — Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The couple also previously navigated the death of their son, Ezra, of a heart ailment, just two weeks after he was born in 2010.
    — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Tiny creatures like crabs and ants traveled huge distances, encountering all sorts of dangers—driven by the instinct to lay eggs and reproduce at any cost.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.
    — Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Yet another wild pitch moved Crews to second, and then CJ Abrams walked.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Ryan Vilade and Diaz walked and as the Yankees mishandled a throw in attempting a double play on Liam Hicks’ grounder, Vilade made a heads-up dash for home.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Transited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transited. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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