Thesaurus results for TRAVERSE

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verb

trə-ˈvərs

Definition of traverse

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

Verb

Which suits the performatively jaded teens, who chain-smoke at restaurants with white tablecloths and traverse the city without curfew or constraint. — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2026 Rescue crews in southern Colorado rushed to rescue a climber over the weekend who had fallen about 50 feet while traversing between Little Bear Peak and Blanca Peak in Alamosa County. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026

Noun

The painting shows one such traverse, the bargees poling the barge across the river. — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026 His 12-year-old son Fitz — named after the traverse of Patagonia’s Fitz Roy mountain, which Caldwell and Honnold became the first to climb in 2014, just a few months after Fitz’s birth — has embraced competitive skiing in the wake of the family’s recent move to Lake Tahoe. — Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for traverse

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Verb

Seigler, though, crossed home plate before Sogard was put out at first.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Before the war, an average of 120 vessels crossed the crucial waterway, through which one-fifth of global oil supplies used to travel, every day.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of cross

Noun

Airlines around the world are currently plagued by delays in their efforts to deliver new premium offerings — including increasing passenger demand for privacy, high-tech connectivity and inflight entertainment — to meet the surge in air travel.

— Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
After years spent near home, Kate Middleton may enjoy a bit of international travel this fall.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of travel

Verb

Flagship carriers including American, Lufthansa, Riyadh Air and Singapore Airlines are all struggling to navigate the lengthy, multi-year approval process for bespoke cabins.

— Edward Russell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Coleman was quick and decisive while navigating the crowded real estate near the line of scrimmage.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of navigate

Noun

Go skiing in Gudauri, trek through Tusheti, or wander in the ancient cave cities of Vardzia and Uplistsikhe.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
Currently, the average New Yorker spends around 53 minutes on the train to get to the office, with Londoners experiencing a similar trek.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of trek

Verb

This follows a successful season 18 which delivered double-digit growth over the previous season and set a new franchise premiere viewership record.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
Two further extensions have since followed, the latest in January being an 18-month deal to take James to the end of the 2026-27 campaign.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of follow

Noun

Logan is heavier, angrier, and far more comfortable getting his hands dirty, requiring the team to rethink everything from combat and traversal to the emotional story underneath all that Adamantium.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Alexander Benitez, Head of Studio at Windup Games, actually credited Skate (yes, the skateboarding game) as an inspiration for the creative traversal.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 6 June 2026

Definition of traversal

Verb

A bit geeky and has achieved great things in his career, but could probably walk down the street and not be recognised.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
In the Old City, Jewish men in black hats and tzitzit tassels, Muslim women in hijabs and Christian priests in flowing robes walk past each other daily in the maze of stone alleyways.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of walk

Noun

The film follows Tom Adams (Fraser), an architect of the future who launches a historic expedition to Mars, positioning himself at the forefront of humanity’s next great frontier.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Sign up for updates from CNN Science on the upcoming total solar eclipse and whenever there’s a must-see, out-of-this-world expedition.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of expedition

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