transiting

present participle of transit

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of transiting This fee for container ships offsets the costs associated with transiting the waterway. Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 An attack on a cargo vessel transiting the strait earlier this week killed one person. Jenni Reid,emma Graham, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026 Remember, the zodiac sign the moon is transiting through essentially determines the emotional atmosphere. Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 The agreement fell apart in July, and Iran resumed attacks against commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, insisting that the memorandum’s vague wording recognized its control of the key waterway. Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026 Binoculars will not be powerful enough to show the moons transiting against the face of Jupiter, though — Jupiter is too bright, and the contrast is not great enough. Gemma Lavender, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Maersk has also switched to the trans-Suez route on the Asia-Mediterranean AE19/SE4 service, with ships transiting in both directions since the end of July. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026 Bab el-Mandeb has worked as a pressure release valve since the start of the Iran war, with more tankers transiting through it with the Strait of Hormuz under threat. Fatma Khaled, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transiting
Verb
  • These memorable rail journeys - one in Canada, two in the United States - offer up incredible panroamas, city stops, mountains and forests, traversing long distances across the continent.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Paul Anthony Kelly looks comfortable traversing both fantasies.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • It's been 17 years since Byers surveyed glacial lakes in the Himalayas and ran into a television crew just after crossing an 18,000-foot pass.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
  • From Hermon Park, head south, crossing Via Marisol from the crosswalk.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Now his focus is on following in his parents’ footsteps working with the Children’s Institute, an organization that supports children and families.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Analysts note that following SpaceX's record-breaking IPO last month, investor interest in commercial spaceflight and the broader space sector has risen steadily.
    , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir will lead an official delegation traveling to Tehran on Monday, Iranian state television reported, citing Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Early Friday morning, rock band Buckcherry was involved in a car crash while traveling for its Roar Like Thunder Tour.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • By the time viewers reach hour 15, the staff has spent an entire shift navigating a cyberattack that forces the emergency department to abandon digital systems, a nonstop influx of Fourth of July emergencies and an abandoned baby.
    Tanya Fedak, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • People also call in for help navigating their existing Medicare benefits.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In one video from Mailung, in Nepal’s Rasuwa region, a group of construction workers was seen walking down a mountain path before noticing giant plumes of brown debris in the distance, rapidly cascading toward them.
    Laura Saravia, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of being whisked away by sports cars and speedboats, the pair currently rely on only their feet for transportation, walking from their prison cells along a secure, windowless pedestrian walkway to reach a courtroom for legal proceedings.
    Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Transiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transiting. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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