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noun

plural of transit
as in transports

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verb

present tense third-person singular of transit
as in traverses
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 transits
Noun
This means that the zodiac sign (namely its attributes, element and modality) Venus transits through can determine the personality of the transit. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026 The problem is that with an orbital period of somewhere around 355 days, transits of HD 137010b don't come along very often, and without knowing the orbital period precisely, astronomers don't know when to look for the next transit. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
The local administrative official reporter spoke to said the ELN controls both sides of the Colombia-Venezuela border and demands money for everything that transits through the area, not just drugs. — Nathan Jaccard, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 For instance, as the moon transits through this Air sign, we are collectively drawn to options and variety. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 The oil that reaches Yanbu then transits through the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Eighty percent of oil that transits the waterway is bound for Asia. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 28 May 2026 But concerns are rising as 20% of the jet fuel used by the EU normally transits through the Strait of Hormuz. — CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 The Persian Gulf waterway typically transits roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and gas supplies. — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026 Though the oil and gas that typically transits the strait is primarily sold to Asian nations, Japan and South Korea were the only two countries from the region joining Thursday’s call about the strait. — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026 Due to Iran effectively blocking the flow of oil and gas that transits the Strait of Hormuz, energy prices have surged. — Callum Sutherland, Time, 20 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transits
  1. transports
  2. traverses
  3. conveyances
  4. crosses
  5. passages
  6. follows
  7. travels
  8. walks
Noun
  • Nelson’s archive transports the house back to the same era through the English commander, whose victory at Trafalgar in 1805 helped thwart Napoleon’s plans to invade Britain.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Aviation attorney Mike Slack, who is based in Austin, Texas, said the missing person most probably went down with the aircraft because patients are strapped to their gurney during helicopter transports for safety.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of transports
Verb
  • The Carolinian line heads from Charlotte to Raleigh and up the coast to New York City, and the Piedmont line traverses North Carolina.
    — Eva Flowe October 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
  • This fourth full-length from the London jazz quintet traverses Black diasporic sound traditions — grime, reggae, Afrobeat — mulling over the question of how music so joyous can be rooted in histories of pain.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of traverses
Noun
  • The proposal would have generally banned e-bikes and other e-conveyances from playgrounds, parks and school grounds unless signs specifically allowed them.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Folsom city leaders are considering new regulations targeting e-bikes, electric scooters and other electric conveyances as complaints about unsafe riding and damage to parks continue.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of conveyances
Verb
  • Verification, Tambe said, gets more complicated when an agent’s work crosses organizational functions.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Each fall, Earth crosses different parts of this sprawling debris stream, producing the overlapping Northern and Southern Taurids and, occasionally, the larger fragments that create spectacular fireballs.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of crosses
Noun
  • Editing weakens detection OpenAI’s tests show that longer passages give the detector a better chance of finding the signal.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Long passages, short family holidays and entertaining guests place different demands on a yacht and its crew.
    — Christoph Lymbersky, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of passages
Verb
  • The Mipcom presentation follows a May ruling by Spain’s Supreme Court concerning the game’s intellectual property rights.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • What follows is some of what Inspectors Ayerdis and Lopez found Monday.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of follows
Verb
  • Despite the expansion of Starlink and other communications satellite services, most of the world’s Internet traffic still travels through subsea cables crisscrossing the ocean floors.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In two Top-10 matchups in the final week of the regular season, Loyola hosts Mount Carmel — and Hersey travels to Prospect.
    — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • Your teenager walks in the door, barely says hello and disappears into their room.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Far from the safety of the Archives where Scribes record the history of Navarre and keep records, Violet walks the parapet to bond with a dragon and undertake the very dangerous and highly fatal occupation.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of walks

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“Transits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transits. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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