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as in sends
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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as in excites
to fill with great joy
was absolutely transported when she heard that her brother was getting married
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as in delights
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 exiles
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 carries
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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as in ecstasies
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
was in transports of joy after winning the championship
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as in vehicles
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 transports
Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
The free, public Breeze 77 Siesta Island trolley transports visitors from downtown Sarasota to and around Siesta Key, stopping at five popular locations (including, naturally, Siesta Beach), and runs from 8am to 10pm seven days a week.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2026
Bajwa transports you into the heart of Amritsar, with its glitzy bazaars, dusty slums, and plush mansions.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 May 2026
The company transports semiconductors, servers, and other sensitive equipment used in data centers.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 26 May 2026
Iran's ability to impede shipping traffic through the strait, which transports roughly 20% of the world's oil, has roiled the global economy and driven up gas prices in the United States.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 May 2026
This pie instantly transports us back to childhood summers spent sipping on this sugary drink.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
The project transports just under half of the state’s oil production.
—Mary Steurer, States Newsroom, 21 May 2026
At Garota de Ipanema, there's a sense of nostalgia and history that immediately transports you into the soul of Rio.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Instead, the Postal Service collects, processes, transports, and delivers mail and packages that are mailable under federal law.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
There has been a lot of transaction activity in the transports space and CSX is dipping its toes in too.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 May 2026
The Soviet Union later turned it into large military transports that could carry troops and armored vehicles across the Caspian Sea at speeds over 310 mph.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
On Staten Island the Howes assembled their expeditionary force — 25,000 soldiers and 400 warships and transports — to seize Brooklyn and then eject Washington’s army from Manhattan.
—Nick Bunker, Washington Post, 22 May 2026
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
The critical choke point is responsible for a fifth of the world’s daily oil transports.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
The film kicks off with a mysterious cosmic event that rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports the neighborhood to someplace unknown where, evidently, dinosaurs run wild.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
The free, public Breeze 77 Siesta Island trolley transports visitors from downtown Sarasota to and around Siesta Key, stopping at five popular locations (including, naturally, Siesta Beach), and runs from 8am to 10pm seven days a week.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2026
Bajwa transports you into the heart of Amritsar, with its glitzy bazaars, dusty slums, and plush mansions.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 May 2026
The company transports semiconductors, servers, and other sensitive equipment used in data centers.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 26 May 2026
Iran's ability to impede shipping traffic through the strait, which transports roughly 20% of the world's oil, has roiled the global economy and driven up gas prices in the United States.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 May 2026
This pie instantly transports us back to childhood summers spent sipping on this sugary drink.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
The project transports just under half of the state’s oil production.
—Mary Steurer, States Newsroom, 21 May 2026
At Garota de Ipanema, there's a sense of nostalgia and history that immediately transports you into the soul of Rio.
—David Hochman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Noun
Unlike the troop transports from the early 20th century, which were essentially floating cattle cars, the vessels offer reasonable accommodations for those on board.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Instead, the Postal Service collects, processes, transports, and delivers mail and packages that are mailable under federal law.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
There has been a lot of transaction activity in the transports space and CSX is dipping its toes in too.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 26 May 2026
The Soviet Union later turned it into large military transports that could carry troops and armored vehicles across the Caspian Sea at speeds over 310 mph.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
On Staten Island the Howes assembled their expeditionary force — 25,000 soldiers and 400 warships and transports — to seize Brooklyn and then eject Washington’s army from Manhattan.
—Nick Bunker, Washington Post, 22 May 2026
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
The critical choke point is responsible for a fifth of the world’s daily oil transports.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transports
Verb
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The company typically sends the MMA waste off to a facility in Arizona, where it is burned to generate heat and energy, records show.—
Jason Henry,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Turns out a devastating Montana fire sends Rip and Beth to their new life.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Football, in general, still excites Williams.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026
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And that's what excites me now in this period of transition in my career.—
Caroline Killilea,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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Whether the product delivers on—and delights—expectations.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Verb
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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
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At least a couple million of those feet are directly attributable to Clover, who always carries some twine with her so visitors can add to the ball.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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The new money is chasing a job that did not exist three years ago, and only part of what carries the AI label is the genuinely new part.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Noun
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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
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The China Daily report notes that SAIC Motor’s MG brand has equipped its MG4 and MG4X electric vehicles with hybrid solid-liquid batteries developed in partnership with battery manufacturer Qingtao Energy.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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Protests outside the gates have shown activists pummeling cars, impeding the exits and in some cases getting hurled out of the way after collisions with vehicles attempting to speed away from the violent activists.—
Eric Mack,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Bump produces from a 2,000-square-foot commercial facility in Montreal’s Plateau Mont Royal, where the team prepares, cooks, packs, boxes, and ships their products.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
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But just to stay focused on Google for one second, the knock on Google historically is this is a company that ships lots and lots of products.—
Nilay Patel,
The Verge,
26 May 2026
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“Transports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transports. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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