Thesaurus results for NAVIGATES

navigates

verb

present tense third-person singular of navigate

as in steers

to operate or control the course of the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo

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as in sails

to travel on water in a vessel the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal

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as in traverses

to make one's way through, across, or over it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it

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Recent Examples of navigates Major cringe, on the other hand, navigates the aesthetic affect critically and formally to induce it—viscerally exploiting its possibilities. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Cline‘s 2023 novel, published by Penguin Random House, centers on a calculating grifter who navigates the treacherous world of summer in the Hamptons. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 Published in 2024 by Penguin Random House, the novel follows a calculating grifter who navigates the treacherous world of summer in the Hamptons. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 The series navigates the tumultuous relationship between Leo and his neighbor Clive Goss (David Morrissey), a family man whose conservative views are problematically reinforced by the internet. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Set against the backdrops of New York and Los Angeles from the late 2000s through the 2020s, the novel navigates the uncertain metamorphosis of contemporary adulthood. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Related On the 10-track set, Santiler, a former 2025 Billboard On the Radar Latin artist, seamlessly navigates from alternative to jazz to electronic, while fearlessly redefining Latin pop music. — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026 This week, Tinashe navigates the highs and lows of being a pop star, Blondshell basks in the beauty of her life, and Taylor Swift is back for the curtain call with a deluxe offering from The Life of a Showgirl. — Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026 Boeing has become a wait-and-see story as management navigates these challenges, just over two years into CEO Kelly Ortberg's turnaround plan. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

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That’s because El Niño typically pointsthe jet stream — the west-to-east flowing, cross-country river of air that steers storms — at the southern tier of the US.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Camden generally steers private clients away from designing for stays longer than 30 days, though some have asked his firm to plan for a year or more.

— Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

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Seabourn sails the 264-passenger Seabourn Venture and twin Seabourn Pursuit, two lavish all-suite polar-class expedition ships cruising remote itineraries, each with two submarines.

— Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Some of my favorites are coming back too, like El Pulpo Magnifico, Duane Flatmo's fire-breathing octopus, and the Monaco, a 40-foot ship with three masts that sails across dust instead of water.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of sails

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The Carolinian line heads from Charlotte to Raleigh and up the coast to New York City, and the Piedmont line traverses North Carolina.

— Eva Flowe October 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026
This fourth full-length from the London jazz quintet traverses Black diasporic sound traditions — grime, reggae, Afrobeat — mulling over the question of how music so joyous can be rooted in histories of pain.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of traverses

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Down at the lake, boats just off the shore slowed to listen while swimmers took in the music from floaties.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
Shrimp boats bob in the harbor, American flags flutter from pastel porches and old oak trees draped in Spanish moss offer cool shade.

— Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025

Definition of boats

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The incident follows a spate of drone attacks on at least seven cargo vessels off the Black Sea coasts of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria in October.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The film follows a Polish burglar who assumes the identity of a dead stranger’s girlfriend, with unexpected results.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of follows

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Bankrate’s next holiday spending report, and whether the share of shoppers starting before the end of October crosses the 50% line.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026
The shower happens because Earth crosses a stream of debris left behind by Halley's Comet, which was last in the inner solar system in 1986 and will return in 2061.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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