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
A platoon of contractors, along with state and park representatives, has been traversing the park’s swamps via barge.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
In his campaign for his sixth elected term in office, which feels like it started straight after the last election, he has been traversing the country, launching factories, opening roads and new markets.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2021
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
"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
