as in crosses
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 traverses
David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
This 84-mile loop begins and ends in Taos and traverses the high alpine desert of northern New Mexico and several mountain towns, including Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, Questa, and Red River.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
This musical journey traverses seven decades of pop music, from the 1960s to today.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
During the test, the robot successfully traverses randomly placed debris, ascends, and descends steps without difficulty.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 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
The book traverses the story of these relationships elegantly.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
The project also calls for several banquet rooms, as well as a 6-foot-wide waterfront walkway, open to the public during business hours, that traverses the perimeter of the property.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
In two seasons, released in 2022 and 2025, the show traverses the Star Wars galaxy to show what means people employ to consolidate power and what risks others take to stop empire.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
There is also a dancing thread, taking the shape of the Quarona factory and circling the globe before arriving in New York, where a Loro Piana truck with raw fiber bales traverses the facade.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
This 84-mile loop begins and ends in Taos and traverses the high alpine desert of northern New Mexico and several mountain towns, including Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, Questa, and Red River.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
This musical journey traverses seven decades of pop music, from the 1960s to today.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
During the test, the robot successfully traverses randomly placed debris, ascends, and descends steps without difficulty.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 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
The book traverses the story of these relationships elegantly.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025
The project also calls for several banquet rooms, as well as a 6-foot-wide waterfront walkway, open to the public during business hours, that traverses the perimeter of the property.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
In two seasons, released in 2022 and 2025, the show traverses the Star Wars galaxy to show what means people employ to consolidate power and what risks others take to stop empire.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traverses
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After finishing as a luxury tax team in each of the past two seasons, the Heat wants to stay out of the luxury tax this season in order to avoid the onerous repeater tax that’s triggered when a team crosses the luxury-tax threshold in four straight seasons or four times during a five-season period.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Even though the quote was something Schumer did in fact say, the use of AI to invent fake video footage crosses a line, said Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley who studies manipulated media.—
NPR,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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However, there are many instances beyond immigration paperwork when a pen could come in handy during your travels.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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Twitty's home was cozy and bright, full of hundreds and hundreds of books and objects collected from his travels.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
15 Oct. 2025
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Horimiya follows two high school teens, popular girl Hori and gloomy Miyamura, who grow close after agreeing to keep their home lives a secret from their peers.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The follow-up to the uproarious La Dolce Vita, Fellini’s fantastical movie within a movie follows a film director who suffers a creative block during the production of his newest work.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Almost all spacecraft sent to deep space — including the Voyager probes, Juno, Cassini-Huygens, and Galileo — must execute gravity assist maneuvers, slingshotting around planets to gain velocity for their vast treks.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
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The trip combines hiking and rafting; my group of 12 disembarks to tie up the rafts for short lunch hikes or full-day treks.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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Plus, the swivel head easily navigates corners, tight spaces, and stairs.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, will explain fundamental shifts in the global economy and how the IMF navigates crisis.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The flights were miserable, but the anxiety between trips was just as bad.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Having been raised in Florida and based in New York for the last 15 years, my body struggled to acclimate during these short press trips.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The more experienced steppers intertwine the basics with spins, walks and more.—
Alexa Stone
Updated October 21,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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Kaufman closes the door, and Beer walks away, visibly upset.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
17 Oct. 2025
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One ounce of pumpkin seeds covers 20% of the DV for zinc.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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