transit
noun
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
have transited
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present perfectof transit.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ship trackers say roughly a third of the vessels that have transited the strait during August have used the Iranian-administered route along the northern reaches of the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Other shipping companies have transited the Arctic passage before, with Denmark's Maersk the first to do so in 2018.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Many of the tankers that have transited the strait in recent days have been linked with Iran following the lifting of the US naval blockade as part of the deal.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Even so, more than four million migrants have transited through Agadez since 2016, according to the U.N. migration agency.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Shine and Hicks are part of a growing list of people who have transited between Fox and the Trump administration.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2018
