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to make one's way through, across, or over
once you transit that stretch of dense woods, the hiking should be much easier
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Recent Examples of transit
Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
The region’s four transit agencies are facing a $771 million budget gap once federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out, which is expected as soon as early next year.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The ship, which will spend early 2026 in the Caribbean, will later transit the Panama Canal, sail the summer in Alaska, and then continue on to Japan.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The move comes even as New York Police Department statistics show that crime in the transit system has plummeted 36% from this time last year.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2025
The region’s four transit agencies are facing a $771 million budget gap once federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out, which is expected as soon as early next year.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
To the north in the Tsushima Strait, which lies between the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula, a Chinese Type 054A frigate, CNS Zaozhuang, transited the waterway northeastward and southwestward on November 28 and November 29, respectively.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The ship, which will spend early 2026 in the Caribbean, will later transit the Panama Canal, sail the summer in Alaska, and then continue on to Japan.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transit
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These biofuels can reduce emissions across various modes of transport, including trucks, ships and planes.Umberto Cavallaro, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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South Korean investigators are converting data extracted from the cockpit voice recorder into audio files, the transport ministry said Wednesday, a process that could take about two days.Stella Kim, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
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While prison is used to uphold respect for the law by setting an example for others to not cross legal lines, the duration of these sentences and the necessity of placing people to serve their time in prison facilities is proving too costly.Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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This mirrors what has been thoroughly documented along the U.S. border, where migrants attempt to cross through more remote (and therefore deadly) areas to avoid the U.S. Border Patrol.Angel Escamilla Garcia, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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Zoox’s battery-electric conveyance distills the self-driving taxi concept to a compact essence.Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
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What is more straightforward are the modes of conveyance of qubits from one place to another.Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
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Guests can traverse bumpy tracks by Jeep to picnic on the never-ending sandy stretch of beaches.Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The Traitors were not so subtly traversing the castle to find each other.Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
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If possible, avoid traveling to Dubrovnik in July and August.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
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Entire ecosystems hitched a ride, with marine species traveling thousands of miles to the shores of North America.Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Doubs eventually walked off the field and to the locker room with two trainers assisting him.Jelani Scott, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Amid the fires, employers and employees walk a fine line between work and safety 2 hours ago Trump’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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Councilmember Lisa Kaplan said Milstein takes a careful process when navigating balancing a budget by examining which programs work, and which do not.Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
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Wiktor, with his interdisciplinary mindset, navigates the space between design and engineering, applying lessons from art and materials science to solve complex robotics challenges.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Like so many Angelenos, Cheyenne Shannon’s routine came to a halt in the hours after the devastating Palisades Fire broke out on the morning of Jan. 7, followed by the Eaton Fire in Altadena.Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Continuing on the momentum, the following GenAI trends are set to catch fire in 2025 and every executive should be paying attention: Agentic AI Agentic AI includes AI systems that are meant to act autonomously in real-world environments and are capable of acting without human interference.Venkat Viswanathan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Transit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transit. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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