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
Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
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
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
The new musical Saturday Church traverses both contexts, following a sensitive Black teenager (played by Bryson Battle) who’s torn between his love of church and his burgeoning understanding of his queerness.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Options include the Goat Trail traverse or Solo Creek to Chisana—both are around 25 miles and require expert backcountry skills.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
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
Noun
Hornet’s downward slash is the primary means of parrying and lining up another attack or traversing over stretches of hazardous pits.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
The new musical Saturday Church traverses both contexts, following a sensitive Black teenager (played by Bryson Battle) who’s torn between his love of church and his burgeoning understanding of his queerness.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traverse
Verb
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Coffee and conversation Rhode Island is a state drivers can cross in an hour.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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The line, to be clear, was crossed time and time again.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Out-of-state travel that year, though, saw a small decrease compared to 2023.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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Any travel costs incurred after the shutdown are reimbursable once spending resumes.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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His work as The Arizona Republic’s consumer travel reporter aims to help readers navigate the stresses of traveling and get the best value for their money on their vacations.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jenny Vergara, a spokeswoman for the company, told The Star Clementine’s is still navigating the approval process of liquor laws in Kansas but hopes to offer its boozy flavors soon.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
24 Sep. 2025
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Sabel made the trek and quickly realized the greater need in Sri Lanka and worldwide was for regasification facilities that receive the LNG and covert it back into gas for power generation.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
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This half-mile outdoor Halloween trek has gory content, strobe lights and spooky sounds.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Kirk's widow, Erika Kirk, has been named the next CEO of Turning Point, which has seen a flood of donations and chapter requests following Kirk’s assassination.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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This was followed by a montage of media reports discussing his return to late-night hosting duties.—
Christopher Tremoglie,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For the first few hours, the gatekeeping of these features leaves Hornet feeling dramatically underpowered in both a fight and basic traversal.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
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Invest in natural language query tools with visual explanations (graph traversal, source citations).—
Daniel Fallmann,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If the value is too high, buyers may walk or struggle to get a loan.—
Mary Beth Eastman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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From dancers to rappers, there were 10 finalists going into the America's Got Talent finale hoping to walk away with the grand prize.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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Weeks later, the expedition team also found hundreds of bronze coins bearing the face and name of Cleopatra at the site.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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This was Bargiel's third attempt at Everest after previous expeditions in 2019 and 2022, according to a press release by Red Bull, Bargiel's sports partner.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Traverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traverse. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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