circumambulates

verb

present tense third-person singular of circumambulate
as in traverses

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumambulates
  1. traverses
  2. crosses
  3. perambulates
Verb
  • And Wheeler stuck to his principles with this list, one that mostly traverses North Oak Trafficway as cheaply (and deliciously) as possible.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In just over eight hours, the train traverses Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska, beginning with the towns of Naperville, Princeton, and Galesburg, Illinois.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of traverses
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  • When an organization crosses the point where its own product is being built recursively by its own product, the productivity math stops looking like a J-curve and starts looking like a hockey stick.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • With her cover blown anyway, Khosla crosses the powdery dirt yard to the trailer at the chipping yard.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of crosses
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  • Meanwhile, Soames perambulates a park with Irene, examining works of art in progress.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of perambulates
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