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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It said the Kenyan Ebola patient had transited through the country for less than 24 hours and screening teams had "observed he had a normal temperature at the time of departure".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The two soldiers had transited through a third country before arriving in South Korea earlier this month, a lawmaker who visited the pair of POWs in Ukraine last year said recently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Analysts at data-platform company Kpler said Friday that no crude liquids from Saudi Arabia had transited Bab al-Mandeb since Sunday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
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
