transit
noun
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
had transited
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past perfectof transit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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At 1430 GMT maritime data firm Kpler indicated that eight commodities ships had transited the strait so far Thursday -- approximately equal to the average daily volume of traffic over the past week.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, the French Polynesian government said the woman had transited through without notifying "territorial and national authorities".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Nguyen’s parents had transited there before she was born.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Separately, Taipei announced Friday that an Australian warship had transited the Taiwan Strait.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
At the time of the appearance of the great comet of 1843, it was doubtful whether the comet had transited the sun’s disc.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
