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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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Noun

One of the biggest transits of the month arrives on April 25, which is when change-maker Uranus returns to the sign of Gemini — after its brief transit in 2025 — signaling a new chapter in the realm of communication and mindset. —

Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 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

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 There is no tip-toeing when Mercury transits this Fire sign. —

Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 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 Tehran wants a new order for the Strait of Hormuz—one that would let Iran collect fees from every ship that transits the waterway, modeled on the toll Egypt collects from vessels passing through the Suez Canal. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Mar. 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 Goods trade between India and Europe usually transits via the Suez Canal, but due to the disruptions caused by the conflict in Middle East, ships now have no option but to take an even longer route via Cape of Good Hope. —

Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026 But analysts warn stockpile releases can only partially offset prolonged disruption in the Gulf, where roughly a fifth of global oil consumption normally transits the Strait of Hormuz. —

Npr Staff, NPR, 12 Mar. 2026

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In Hokum, the Cork native transports viewers to Ireland’s remote and possibly haunted Bilberry Woods Hotel alongside prickly American author Ohm Baumann (Adam Scott) for a good ol' fashioned hair-raiser of a ghost story.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 4 May 2026
Adapted from Cornelia Funke’s beloved children’s book of the same name, Laura Crook Waxdal, Mark Hartman and John Kielty’s version transports the audience to the North Pole where nefarious forces look to remove the magic from and insert some capitalism into Christmas.

— Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026