transits 1 of 2

plural of transit

transits

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of transit

Example Sentences

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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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transits
Noun
  • Built in 1953, Line 5 transports up to 540,000 barrels of crude oil and natural gas liquids.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This smooth cream ale perfectly blends together pineapple and coconut, inspired by the famously tropical cocktail and transports you straight to island life.
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • In your periphery to the left, a spacewalker traverses the exterior of the station.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 26 July 2026
  • The Golden State might be a West Coast utopia, but then Californians live on a fault line that traverses most of it.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • More room for all on board is needed due to the mobility conveyances of our oldest and youngest.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
  • The car's design is radical compared to Jaguar's modern conveyances.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • There will be another in 2052 that crosses the Southeast, including Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
    Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • For content that crosses markets, that means building feedback loops into how AI operates.
    Georg Ell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Short passages may also provide too little material for reliable detection.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • According to container shipping research firm Linerlytica, just two container vessels made outbound passages through the strait last week.
    Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • American mahjong follows rules set by the National Mah Jongg League, which introduces new hand combinations every year.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Maryland, like every other state, follows its own specialized accounting rules and definitions.
    Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Those skills are put to similar use in Tony, in which Bourdain travels to Provincetown on a whim in hopes of impressing a girl (Emilia Jones) by lying about receiving a fellowship to write a novel.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The film follows Souleymane Everston Adowo Freudenreich, an Afro-German trans man who travels to Dakar, Senegal, to repair his father’s kora.
    Roberto Prieto, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Sonnenberg Bunker guide Zora Schelbert walks slowly down the tunnel toward the main structure of the bunker, built in the 1970s, during the Cold War, to house 20,000 people in the event of a nuclear war.
    Rob Schmitz, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The gunman then walks from the In-N-Out toward the street and fires at cars stopped at a red light, striking three victims, the video shows.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

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