Thesaurus results for TRAVERSED

traversed

verb

Definition of traversed next

past tense of traverse

as in crossed

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 traversed In that same period, the total distance traversed by ships in the Arctic increased 111%. —

CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026 The design is meant to reorient us, to take us on a trail walked not by humans but traversed and carved by elephants, a creature still misunderstood, vilified and hunted for its cataclysmic-like ability to reshape land, and sometimes communities. —

Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026 Her deeply poetic and very personal songs alongside her unique style of playing guitar traversed multiple musical genres, including pop, rock and jazz. —

Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026 The collective of musicians was facing mounting frustrations with cases of the flu, coupled with the lengthy distances needing to be traversed in their tour bus, taking a toll on the group. —

Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026 As part of the demonstration, the G1 traversed a snowfield while autonomously tracing the outline of a Winter Olympics emblem measuring approximately 186 metres by 100 metres. —

Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026 But even across the EP’s brief 18 minutes, Hunt makes clear that there are still corners in this world ripe for discovery, mysterious doorways looming in the landscape, waiting to be traversed. —

Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026 During and in-between each act, models traversed the arena, which had been fashioned like a street crossing. —

José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 Jan. 2026 Beneath the surface of one of South Florida’s busiest maritime hubs, Port Everglades, scientists found 10 million corals thriving in and around the main channel traversed daily by cargo and cruise ships, now threatened by a major federal dredging project. —

Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026

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The filing also alleges that video shows Seitz crossed the street after the altercation had initially been quelled, and ran to confront Hernandez and Austin a second time.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2026
The editorial comes just as the country has crossed a sobering milestone.

— Will Stone, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026