wends

verb

present tense third-person singular of wend
as in travels
literary to move from one place to another We wended through the narrow streets.

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Recent Examples of wends Separately, the risks of both companies floating in limbo for the better part of a year as an antitrust suit by 12 state attorneys general wends its way to a March 2027 trial date has started to sink in. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 In the first onscreen interaction between them, Rue, now working as a drug mule for a dealer named Laurie (Martha Kelly), wends her way through a labyrinthine house party before meeting Alamo, sitting in a hot tub, flanked by four strippers, and wearing a Speedo and a cowboy hat. — Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 Late Thursday night the Taliban’s military launched attacks on Pakistani positions along some sections of their porous and disputed border that wends 1,600 miles through rugged mountains and desert. — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026 Çatak’s anti-state message acquires an ambiguous power as the movie wends onward, with an enigmatic final shot that finds Aziz tasting clear-skies freedom but still from behind confines of a sort. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026 Earlier this year, Aleah rode for the first time in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, a beloved local race that wends into the mountains every Memorial Day weekend. — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wends
  1. travels
  2. marches
  3. proceeds
  4. goes
  5. speeds
  6. passes
  7. progresses
  8. runs
Verb
  • If the Warriors can push the ball and turn this into a shooting game, their style travels well, even in a tough building.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • When an alarm or sensor on windows, doors and home security devices is triggered, the textbook-sized drone travels a preset path to investigate suspicious activity.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • Even a Ken Ludwig script has to fight to stand out in this crowded field, but Jane Austen fans seem to be a gracious, easygoing, open-minded bunch and should be intrigued by this insensible sequel, even if a petty emperor marches right through it.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Long marches across the country also enabled the students to voice their cause in smaller towns and villages, where people were unaware of the protestors’ aims because of the state’s stranglehold on the media.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of marches
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  • Bloomberg reported that the company could launch its roadshow as early as November 10th, and if progress proceeds smoothly, it is expected to price and debut on Nasdaq during the week of the 16th.
    — , CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Nothing in the Court of Appeal's decision establishes otherwise, and WBTV looks forward to defending its position as the case proceeds.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of proceeds
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  • With the 20% increase, the Residential Max plan goes from $130 per month to $156 per month, which amounts to an extra $312 per year.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Conclusion The most valuable battery improvement depends on where the battery goes.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of goes
Verb
  • The measure speeds permitting approval under the California Environmental Quality Act by placing deadlines on government agencies to issue or deny permits within a year.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Each landed as Meta, a Fortune 500 company that reported $201 billion in revenue last year, speeds up a shift from human reviewers to large language models.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of speeds
Verb
  • As electricity passes through an electrolyzer, these bubbles develop on the electrodes where chemical reactions take place.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Sip and Savor passes cost $52 ($49 for Magic Keyholders) this year — a $3 increase from last year.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of passes
Verb
  • As the football season progresses – as quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s knee injury moves further in the distance – and as more film comes out, the element of surprise is gone for UCLA’s Ty Dieffenbach.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Getting Jonathon Cooper back in the mix has helped, too, while role players like Jones and outside linebacker Que Robinson continue to get more comfortable as the season progresses.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of progresses
Verb
  • The incoming principal for the new elementary school, Maleena Guandique, currently runs Success Academy’s very first school, Harlem 1.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Unlike model training, which involves developing and refining models, inference runs those models to generate responses and perform tasks.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of runs

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