in transit

idiom

: in the process of being transported
Some of the goods were lost in transit.

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The legs protrude from the deck when in transit and are lowered, when the vessels are in position, onto the seabed to steady the vessels against the waves. Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025 Over the years, there have been multiple successes, including the Youth Opportunity Pass pilot program, which offers no-cost transit passes to youth, and that is a huge success, which enables kids living in all parts of the city to access their school in transit. Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025 End-to-end encryption means your message is fully encrypted while in transit, including while transiting the communications provider’s networks. Frederick Scholl, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2025 That means the data is scrambled in transit and can only be seen by the sender and recipient. Lisa Eadicicco, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in transit

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“In transit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20transit. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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