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, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025
One of the major additions for the Urban Circuit was the introduction of multi-level courses, where the ability to traverse stairways was a prerequisite for accessing large portions of the course.
—Edward Terry, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Nov. 2020
Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Sally’s fans rarely traverse down the street to frequent Pepe’s or wander over to Modern and vice versa.
—Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
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Verb
This traverse, thick with maples and birches, is famous for its numerous moose sightings.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2025
One of the major additions for the Urban Circuit was the introduction of multi-level courses, where the ability to traverse stairways was a prerequisite for accessing large portions of the course.
—Edward Terry, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Nov. 2020
Noun
The research revealed that the tooth traversed a complicated path to arrive at its burial place — a pit about a yard across — where it was intentionally placed, potentially indicating its meaning.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2025
Sally’s fans rarely traverse down the street to frequent Pepe’s or wander over to Modern and vice versa.
—Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traverse
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Airplane passengers crossing the Indian Ocean who peered out their windows on Oct. 19, 2024, might have seen what looked like a fast-moving star suddenly flash and fade.—
Tom Brown,
Space.com,
28 June 2025
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The east and west crossing streets along the parade route will be closed, as will 4th Ave N from Broad Street to Denny Way, starting at noon for parade staging.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Where to Stay There are only a few still-operating sites in North Carolina that were featured in the Green Book—a travel guide for Black travelers during the Jim Crow era—and The Historic Magnolia House is one of them.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
29 June 2025
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Yet between travel, laundry, errands, kids’ games and headlines that spark concern, the day can potentially feel less like a recharge and more like another kind of work.—
Dilan Gomih,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Special low-clearance drilling robots, which can be operated remotely, navigate tight corridors and doorways to create new foundations beneath the historic structure.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Like most environmental groups, the San Diego chapter of the Sierra Club is navigating an increasingly rocky road.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2025
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Erickson also recalls a common occurrence during her monthly treks through East Bay neighborhoods — the locals spotting her butterfly net and stopping her for a chat.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
21 June 2025
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Her first stateside shows for this tour run kick off in Chicago at the United Center on Sept. 5 and 6, with the trek taking her to cities across the U.S. through October before the tour heads to South America.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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Kelson helps Spike and the baby to escape another attack but Samson follows Spike to the island, where the Alpha is killed.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
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The Context American Pickers quickly became a History Channel hit following its debut in January 2010.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 June 2025
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And there are a lot of such swings in this game: Doom has a wide array of gameplay moments, including quieter sessions of traversal and menu navigation between bouts of frenetic combat.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
12 May 2025
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Trying to improve the frame rate by flipping on any kind of frame generation resulted in awful visual artifacts, especially during fast traversal or combat.—
Jason Evangelho,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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When police arrived, the vehicle was unoccupied, but police round the victim and another passenger walking about a block away.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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Byron Buxton #25 of the Minnesota Twins walks to the dugout in the eighth inning of the game against the Seattle Mariners at Target Field on June 23, 2025 in...—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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For just the fourth time ever, researchers on an expedition in the Andes Mountains have recorded the Andean condor — the world’s largest flying bird — nesting in Peru.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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On the walls were maps detailing their expeditions and traditional Greenlandic cold-weather garments made from animal hide and fur.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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“Traverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traverse. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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