traverse
verb (used with object)
to pass or move over, along, or through.
will traverse
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future tenseof traverse.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“It’s going to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” said Bosco—though he is already planning for a repeat eclipse that will traverse Spain again next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The teams, each with 20 to 24 people, will traverse 7,200 miles, from Seattle to Panama and on to Washington, D.C.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
To make that possible, 12 million election workers will traverse the country to set up polling stations this year, sometimes by foot, bicycle, helicopter or boat — or even by horse, camel or elephant.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
The rocket motors will traverse about 160 miles from their current home at the Mojave Air and Space Port to the California Science Center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
Any television program will traverse in hours the distance that Voyager has covered in years.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
