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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
I'll have to transport the car to our new home overseas by public carrier
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2
as in to excite
to fill with great joy
was absolutely transported when she heard that her brother was getting married
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as in to entrance
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
was transported with wonder when she saw the Matterhorn for the first time
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as in to exile
to force to leave a country
the offending journalist was transported out of the country and ordered to never return
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as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
was in transports of joy after winning the championship
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as in vehicle
something used to carry goods or passengers
rising gas prices will impel more people to use public transport
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Recent Examples of transport
Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
Typically, the pontiff’s body is placed in a casket made of three materials—cypress, lead, and walnut—and then covered with a silk veil before being sealed and transported under the basilica to the Vatican Grottoes, where the remains of almost all his predecessors rest.
—Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Protection from the Wind Extensive research and measurement campaigns have been carried out to better understand dust plumes, including their formation, transport and impacts.
—Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Lithos arranges for the dust to be collected at the rock quarries and transported to local farms.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025
Typically, the pontiff’s body is placed in a casket made of three materials—cypress, lead, and walnut—and then covered with a silk veil before being sealed and transported under the basilica to the Vatican Grottoes, where the remains of almost all his predecessors rest.
—Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
The system utilizes the transport layer for various communication events including requests, results and errors.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Protection from the Wind Extensive research and measurement campaigns have been carried out to better understand dust plumes, including their formation, transport and impacts.
—Christophe Lavaysse, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transport
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Multiple federal agencies on April 11 sent a letter to Harvard University accusing the college of violating federal civil rights law for not doing enough to combat antisemitism during student protests of the Israel-Hamas war.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Maintain nerve and muscle health: These minerals help your muscles contract and relax, while also helping to send messages from your brain to other areas of your body.—
Kirstyn Hill, PharmD, MPH,
Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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While some residents were excited by the prospect of more surveillance in their neighborhoods, others were less optimistic about how effective the cameras will be at reducing crime.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Silva walked me through all the options before gently steering me toward activities that would excite me without giving me a heart attack.—
Liz Humphreys,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2025
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We were entranced by Mark Rothko’s Seagram murals, as well as the colorful works of Beatriz Milhazes.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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And collectors have turned what was once a niche brand into a near-cult, perpetually entranced by new lines, colors and shapes.—
Julia Moskin,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Women filmmakers working on British shores like Muriel Box, Wendy Toye, Margaret Tait, and Jill Craigie as well as American filmmakers exiled to the UK by the anti-Communist blacklist like Joseph Losey, Cy Endfield, and Edward Dmytryk will also feature.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2025
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Scott Rudin Plans His Return: The powerful producer who was exiled from Broadway and Hollywood four years ago after allegations of bullying has been quietly preparing to return to show business.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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One that carries more weight with the context of the previous episode, in which Gibbs discovered that his VA support group leader was Sandman, a deadly sniper the team has been hunting since the pilot.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Faber is carrying big minutes Faber, in his second full season, has averaged 27:09 of ice time in the first two games after playing a ton of minutes down the stretch of the season.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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The mouth is open just enough, perhaps because a shout of ecstasy had been ready to escape, if only the fan’s knocking at the door of the ecstatic had been answered.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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Kelly later composed a chronicle of his meandering space treks - highlighting the agonies and the ecstasies of life in orbit - in the sensational book Endurance.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Ford did see sales dips in its all-electric vehicles.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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An Ohio sheriff's deputy working on a traffic detail near the University of Cincinnati was struck and killed Friday by a vehicle driven by the father of a teenager who was shot and killed by authorities a day earlier, police said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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The company's products can be found in stores such as Sprouts and The Fresh Market – and on Southwest Airlines – but Stellar Snacks also ships direct to consumers and can be found on Amazon.com.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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General manager Chris Grier has now traded away two of the team’s fourth round picks in the 2025 draft, shipping the fourth round, selection 116th overall, to the Houston Texans and picked up a 2026 third-round selection in the process.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Transport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transport. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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