PROCEEDS (ALONG) Synonyms: 22 Similar Words

proceeds (along)

verb

Definition of proceeds (along)

present tense third-person singular of proceed (along)

as in crosses

to make one's way through, across, or over the hikers proceeded along the ridge for several hundred feet

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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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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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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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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

Definition of navigates

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Radiant’s chief nuclear officer, Rita Baranwal, said the approval covers a broader demonstration than initial criticality alone.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
The boundary, which covers nearly one third of the county, mostly east of the Econlockhatchee River, has drawn widespread support among Republicans and Democrats for decades.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

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