as in to cross
to make one's way through, across, or over
the spider traversed the wall from end to end
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Recent Examples of traverse
Christina House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
This traverse, thick with maples and birches, is famous for its numerous moose sightings.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025
Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 July 2025
France is often associated with having an 'empty' middle, a strip of vast land that traverses the country diagonally (the 'diagonale du vide', the empty diagonal), which is less populated than its mountains or coastlines and has fewer infrastructure and services.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Verb
The SailGP 2025 season has competitors traverse conditions across five different continents over a year-long season, starting and ending in the United Arab Emirates.
—Christina House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
This traverse, thick with maples and birches, is famous for its numerous moose sightings.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
The extensive tour launched in Goyang, South Korea on July 5, 2025, and will traverse North America, Europe, and Asia before concluding at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium on January 25, 2026.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 July 2025
France is often associated with having an 'empty' middle, a strip of vast land that traverses the country diagonally (the 'diagonale du vide', the empty diagonal), which is less populated than its mountains or coastlines and has fewer infrastructure and services.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traverse
Verb
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After the rally that began in Cincinnati, around 100 people crossed the Roebling Bridge, heading toward Covington shortly after 8 p.m., according to police.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
23 July 2025
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That’s because the sidewalks would need to be cut back (unless cars are banned completely) and the crossing time at traffic signals would be shortened to allow for a dedicated bike and turn phase.—
Sam Schwartz,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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Skye is probably a bit too young to appreciate the jet-setting, but his parents are pretty excited to have another travel buddy this offseason.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
23 July 2025
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Rebuild your travel wardrobe with the Anrabess Women’s Palazzo Pants, Aimitag Eyelet Tank Top, and more.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
23 July 2025
Verb
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More: Great Lakes tribes’ knowledge of nature could be key to navigating climate change.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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Yet many colleges still lack tailored resources for student-parents, leaving them to navigate a system that wasn’t built for them.—
Rita Raichoudhuri,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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With its colorful storefront, this stop is the perfect end to your trek across the Crescent Hill and Clifton neighborhoods.—
Molly Gregory,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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During the trek northward, Sanchez-Perez said his nephew started to feel dizzy and fell.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Two more taxi services followed: Harlem and Deluxe.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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This trend also follows national data, where from 2000-2016, retention rates have been dropping.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
29 July 2025
Noun
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An unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server, which is present in the SMA 100.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
16 July 2025
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Performance Trade-Offs: Real-time applications face inherent constraints due to the computational overhead of symbolic reasoning, knowledge graph traversal and the general reduction in inference speeds compared to pure neural approaches.—
Anuradha Weeraman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Verb
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As the guests walked in, Hasmik would scream with joy and call Tony to come say hello.—
Bahar Anooshahr,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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If the pavement is too hot, the American Humane Society recommends purchasing dog shoes to protect the their paws or walking them on grass.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
24 July 2025
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This novel based on a true story centers on an orphaned girl, who is taken on a French expedition by her new guardian — where she’s later abandoned and forced to fight for her survival.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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One is this nine-day expedition with Astro Trails from July 27 to Aug. 4, 2027, which will witness the total solar eclipse in the remote Siwa Oasis.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
19 July 2025
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“Traverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traverse. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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