traverse
verb (used with object)
to pass or move over, along, or through.
traverses
Example Sentences
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However paradoxical it may seem, it has a directly measurable effect on the atomic cloud that the photon traverses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Even when it traverses difficult terrain, though, the story emerges on the other side with another layer to add to its ongoing consideration of what it means to live free in America.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
Searching for their missing migrant children, a caravan of Central American mothers traverses Mexico with tireless, even superhuman determination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
The course traverses the city, starting off in Stormont in east Belfast then heading south.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
People picking up their burgers never know that their order traverses two states and bounces back before they can even start driving to the pickup window.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
