navigating

verb

present participle of navigate
1
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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2
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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3
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 But navigating the mattress market can be as intimidating as learning a new language. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026 Upon navigating to Pornhub, we were greeted by the blockade message. — Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026 Given so much uncertainty about this rapidly evolving technology and its potential effects on kids, Suskind spends a lot of the book offering parents a practical guide for safely navigating child-rearing in the age of AI. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 July 2026 Beyond org charts, CFOs are increasingly central to navigating shifting competition, macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty, and rapid technological disruption. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 July 2026 The labs offer project-specific support including one-on-one meetings and group sessions with experienced producers and industry advisors designed to help with pitching, financing, production, navigating the marketplace and more. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026 But for families navigating a diagnosis with few good treatment options, the study offers a rare piece of encouraging news and a look at how researchers are rethinking what a therapy for this disease could even look like. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026 There are chapters on everything from navigating the decision of whether to move back in with your parents to making preparations for retirement. — Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 13 July 2026 Corrections Officer Healy was a complex character, a misogynist and xenophobe who was sympathetic toward those with mental health conditions after navigating similar issues with his mother. — Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigating
  1. steering
  2. sailing
  3. traversing
  4. piloting
  5. cruising
  6. crossing
  7. following
  8. walking
Verb
  • Friendly state legislatures are steering money to private schools, catalyzing huge growth in recent years with far-reaching consequences.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
  • Frevola and Cutbirth testified that Basabe’s behavior took a big emotional toll and changed the trajectory of their careers, steering them away from politics.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of steering
Verb
  • And Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has struck ships sailing close to the Omani coastline.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • Among them are hundreds of thousands of families sailing aboard three Disney cruise ships, all homeported there.
    — Jack Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of sailing
Verb
  • There was no zigzagging across the continent, traversing borders or altitude concerns.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Mulching can also create barriers that ivy will have difficulty traversing.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 15 July 2026
Definition of traversing
Verb
  • The federal government is piloting a program aimed at increasing access to GLP-1s for Medicare enrollees.
    — Hallie Jackson, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • Hanuman, a 2009 replica of 1937’s Endeavour II, was commissioned by Netscape founder Jim Clark, though Italian sailor Giovanni Lombardi Stronati recently acquired the yacht and has taken over the responsibilities of piloting it.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 18 July 2026
Definition of piloting
Verb
  • Webb was cruising along until hitting Randy Arozarena and walking Josh Naylor with one out in the seventh, bringing the tying run to the plate.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
  • This is the cruise line’s first year cruising to Alaska, and our first time sailing with MSC.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 July 2026
Definition of cruising
Verb
  • These temperature changes are the result of Pluto subtly heating up and cooling down as its elliptical orbit brings it slightly closer to the sun, crossing inside Neptune's orbit, and then moving farther away again.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2026
  • In January, a 50-year-old man who has not been identified by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office died at a hospital after being struck while crossing the road near 49th Street.
    — Madison Smalstig July 16, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of crossing
Verb
  • But 12 minutes later, following a hand ball call against Sporting, Eduard Lowen put a go-ahead penalty kick into the right side of the net.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Officials finally directed her to a port facility that had been turned into an emergency morgue after countless bodies were unearthed from the rubble in the days following the earthquake.
    — Susana Erazo, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of following
Verb
  • All of my essentials are packed in my Stowaway, which clips into my weekender as a bag organizer, and can clip out to be worn on its own as a crossbody when walking around during the day or as a clutch when going out in the evening.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 16 July 2026
  • School boards and parents are also concerned about children walking to school in pitch-black conditions during winter mornings.
    — Yonat Shimron, NPR, 16 July 2026
Definition of walking

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