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 Fanatics navigates everything from NFL product with multimillion-dollar volume to a small school where the overall sales are just $6,000. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 In this role, Arnold will shepherd how IATSE navigates new technologies and their impact on the organization’s entertainment workers and their crafts. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026 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

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The band frequently steers the poppy songwriting offroad by leaning into distortion and ambience, creating moments of both near-mania and hazy unease.

— Sue Park, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Allen, who serves as founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group, steers a portfolio that covers TV, film, streaming and broadcast with The Weather Channel, HBCUGO, TheGrio Television Network, BuzzFeed and HuffPost.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 20 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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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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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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October’s full moon follows September’s harvest moon, which marked when farmers would typically harvest their crops.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
The orbit decides what follows In low Earth orbit, satellites encounter traces of the atmosphere.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of follows

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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

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