traverse
verb (used with object)
to pass or move over, along, or through.
has been traversing
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present perfect progressiveof traverse (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The pressure is all the greater given the doldrums the whole games industry has been traversing for more than two years, Blanchet noted.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Bawumia has been traversing north, south, east and west in what he calls the "possibilities bus", a blue and red campaign vehicle emblazoned with the slogan "it is possible".
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024
Since March a census team has been traversing Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, collecting the gorillas’ dung and examining their nests for hair samples and other clues.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
Mr. Spadafora has been traversing the country in a white 1989 Econoline he has outfitted like a bohemian wooden boat, with snug banquettes covered in satiny-damask pillows.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2018
"He is one of my old school-mates, Samuel Moses, a first-rate fellow, who has been traversing the country these thirty years, and knows every village in Alsace and Lorraine."
From The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire by Alexandre Chatrian
