transports 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of transport
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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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transports

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noun

plural of transport

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Recent Examples of transports
Verb
The Sioux Falls regional water reclamation facility, which transports and treats wastewater from the city and surrounding communities is receiving $81 million in the budget. Gabriel Brito, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026 And soon Scotty’s got a new task, too, after A’Sha transports him to a Jeffries tube to get the pod ready. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026 There’s also an immense amount of drama to the sport; leaning into that truly transports the student away from a club experience and into a kind of delicious, LARP-y fugue state. Rebecca Leib, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 The most common type of vessel traveling through the strait was the product tanker, which typically transports refined petroleum products. Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Versatile Paris God Bless Cola Extrait transports you to a summer at the drive-in movie theatre. Loren Savini, Allure, 13 Aug. 2026 Inge Michiels runs Jetpet Global, which transports animals in and out of Bahrain. Steve Walsh, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026 David Robert Mitchell wrote and directed the PG-13 survival thriller, which follows a mysterious cosmic event that transports a suburban family to prehistoric times. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 According to the researchers, cGMP also binds to a protein that transports cholesterol within cells, reducing the cholesterol available for essential cellular functions. Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
Competitions were canceled, horse racing fixtures abandoned and international horse transports halted. Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 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 In 2019, when the Space Coast had only 17 launches, there were less 2,000 over-the-road transports through KSC. Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 On Tuesday, between Fan Fest and the fan march, the City of Miami reported 100 calls and 15 transports, and 79 of those were heat related. Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 Ukrainian mid-range drone operators increasingly target ammunition deliveries, fuel trucks, troop transports, maintenance facilities, warehouses and logistics hubs that sustain Russian combat operations. Hunter Lacroix, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2026 All transports will be GPS tracked and temperature monitored. Megan De Mar, CBS News, 16 June 2026 The bull market is rotating, and transports are showing up on our list of the Best Stocks in the Market right now. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transports
Verb
  • The Knowing, an inbox magazine built for Black readers, sends its first issue Saturday.
    Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • And, when Malika’s dentist beau sends her flowers, Khloé opines (over FaceTime, naturally) that the bouquet is too small and therefore cheap.
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What excites me most is the breadth; this isn’t a bet on one country or one genre.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In this resonance, sound excites air trapped within a cavity, creating an airflow imbalance that generates propulsion.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In addition to the scents currently available at Walmart, Dove will release additional Target-exclusive holiday delights later this fall.
    Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Tartine is fittingly tucked inside a former funeral home chapel, where breakfast delights such as golden pastries, fresh breads and fruity jams are heaven on Earth.
    Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This practice exiles him completely from the realm of literary fiction; some might even question whether Patterson is really a writer.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Out back, a single monoshock is mounted to the massive single-sided swingarm that carries the solo rear wheel shod in a wiiiide 305/30R20 Kenda meat.
    William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Brooks ran for 106 yards on 27 carries last season while contributing primarily on special teams.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.
    Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Teamsters California sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles earlier this month over the DMV’s decision to lift a ban on autonomous vehicles weighing more than 10,001 pounds.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • One item bearing the brunt of the tariffs is vehicles, which could have an outsized impact on Kansas City.
    Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Porky Pig and Daffy Duck aren’t celebrities but second-class citizens forced to order their shoddy goods from Acme, a monopoly that ships everything in oddly familiar blue and brown boxes.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The result can take many forms—a product team that ships a working prototype before commissioning user research, or a strategy leader who presents a direction and asks which assumptions are wrong instead of asking which direction to take.
    Nataliya Andreychuk, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Transports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transports. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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