Thesaurus results for NAVIGATING

navigating

verb

present participle of navigate

as in steering

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 sailing

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 traversing

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 navigating A lot of fathers, especially older ones, haven’t had much practice navigating these types of deep conversations. —

Angela Haupt, Time, 18 June 2026 Resources are available for families navigating new diagnoses, like the Fosters. —

Anna Spoerre, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026 After separating in 2016, Jolie and Pitt spent years navigating divorce proceedings that were not finalized until 2024. —

Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 18 June 2026 For disabled students already navigating discrimination, bullying, and in some cases dangerous seclusion and restraint practices with fewer advocacy resources than ever, the question of who will investigate and enforce their rights just got a lot murkier. —

Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 The previously cheerful 10th grader, who doesn't have a driver's license and can make a few basic dishes but isn't used to cooking for himself, faced navigating his teenage years alone, his dad's presence reduced to a two-dimensional image on his phone. —

Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 18 June 2026 The loss has left the siblings navigating not only grief, but also the practical realities of supporting themselves. —

Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 That’s of little comfort to South Florida homebuyers and sellers, who are already navigating a sluggish market hamstrung by relatively high borrowing costs. —

Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 Instead of navigating an absolute nightmare of fragmented regional regulations and building separate pipelines market by market, brands can plug into a unified ecosystem built for rapid cross-border trade. —

Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

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César Armas Morales A journalist and documentary director with more than two decades steering television projects, César Armas Morales has established himself as one of the Canary Islands’ most consistently broadcast non-fiction voices.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 19 June 2026
Appiolaza’s exit comes amid a broader restructuring and follows the appointment of Riccardo Bagolin as general manager on June 3, who has been tasked with steering a turnaround for the Aeffe group alongside chief restructuring officer Stefano Falliti.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 19 June 2026