transporting

verb

present participle of transport
1
as in sending
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 exciting
to fill with great joy was absolutely transported when she heard that her brother was getting married

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3
as in delighting
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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4
as in exiling
to force to leave a country the offending journalist was transported out of the country and ordered to never return

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5
as in carrying
to support and take from one place to another will you transport this heavy casserole dish to the dining room for me?

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Recent Examples of transporting Typically custom-designed using specialized steel, some are so massive that transporting them can require moving power lines. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 However, carrying mission equipment presents different engineering challenges than transporting conventional cargo. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Higher diesel prices – essential to transporting goods and agricultural production – tend to drive up costs across the wider economy and fuel inflation. — Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026 Eventually, higher diesel prices are going to mean higher prices on the goods those trucks are transporting, and that’s an even bigger problem. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 It is also needed to make carnitine, a compound involved in transporting fatty acids into mitochondria so they can be used to produce energy. — Sara Hoffman, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2026 First, the price of transporting oil has more than quintupled, as tanker owners charge record fees to travel through the strait. — Michel Robe, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2026 Both body styles come with Helmsman badging and a tow hitch for easily transporting small boats or kayaks. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 Far away from the ceaseless whirring of small aircraft transporting tourists on aerial tours of the falls, this stillness, punctuated only by birdsong, feels beautifully restorative. — Charukesi Ramadurai, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transporting
  1. sending
  2. exciting
  3. delighting
  4. exiling
  5. carrying
  6. intoxicating
  7. entrancing
  8. banishing
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  • Tesla's third-quarter delivery numbers declined 2% from the year prior but nevertheless topped estimates, sending the stock surging.
    — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The upshot of this is that George, who works the room in a sharp gray suit, a few tattoos peeking out, has plenty of opportunities to charismatically make things right, shaking hands and clasping shoulders and sending over lull-filling drinks.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of sending
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  • Major Wilson, 17, has been around horses most of his life and now spends much of his time helping younger riders get ready, showing them how to saddle their horses without exciting them.
    — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
  • For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of exciting
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  • Tse Yang was the finest Chinese restaurant to open in Madrid, and its crispy Peking Duck has been delighting locals for years.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Here, misfits are welcome, and bric-a-brac is part of the appeal; the wonderfully bizarre name and devil-may-care attitude have been confusing (and delighting) first-timers for more than 70 years.
    — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of delighting
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  • The government was executing and exiling Black citizens; some had escaped slavery.
    — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of exiling
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  • Nobody is accountable for carrying that signal across the business, another way of saying nobody owns it.
    — Jay Lee, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The cost of carrying a credit card balance and getting a car loan have also increased.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of carrying
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  • Maybe that’s what tips her into some recklessness of her own, with an explanation of Hal’s forceful personality and brilliant rhetorical style as being intoxicating.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Right now intoxicating hemp products can be sold in North Carolina with no statewide age limit.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of intoxicating
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  • The monastery-hermitage that the Anantara Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi lives in has peered over this endlessly entrancing Tyrrhenian view of sunsets and moonshine since the 13th century, which is priceless.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The current members are entrancing, boasting a gorgeous blend of voices and guitar.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of entrancing
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  • At that point, the group had botched its first two votes, mistakenly banishing two female faithfuls.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
  • After Hallet dies in a misguided clinic bust care of a banishing spell gone awry, the whole Owens clan is nearly destroyed.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of banishing

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“Transporting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transporting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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