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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
traverse . - noun Plural form of
traverse .
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Examples
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Tour groups often leave from Creel to travel to the rim of the Copper Canyon, though by doing that, they miss the spectacular tunnels and bridges the train traverses on the western portion of the journey.
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Tour groups often leave from Creel to travel to the rim of the Copper Canyon, though by doing that, they miss the spectacular tunnels and bridges the train traverses on the western portion of the journey.
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He also suggested that the protein traverses the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum through a channel (Fig. 1).
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Normally, the conversation between website A and some other site is through web services on top of an SSL session, and the SSL session is guaranteed to be end-to-end secure as my userid/password traverses the wire.
Gnip Launches To Ease The Strain On Web Services Michael Arrington 2005
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Then there were numerous cross ditches and banks of earth called traverses, perpendicular to the main line to prevent enfialde fire.
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At intervals banks of earth call traverses were thrown up perpendicular to these works to prevent an enfilade fire.
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There is not a single spasm in that decayed and nerveless frame, not a single horror of all the gloomy forebodings and irrational shudderings of the sickening delirium, not a single mile of the grim dusty roads he wearily traverses, which is not needed to bring him to the truth.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton B A Of Trinity College Cambridge Benson, Arthur C. 1886
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a single mile of the grim dusty roads he wearily traverses, which is not needed to bring him to the truth.
Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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And, you know, and Josh gets to work with him as well so it’s nice when you have a guest star that, you know, kind of traverses both the spy and personal life.
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Chuck’s Zachary Levi and Josh Gomez Talks to Eclipse! 2010
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'traverses' and tapestries which had theretofore been accepted as sufficient for the purposes of stage illusion, and substituted regular scenes 'painted in perspective,' without doubt there were to be found many conservative old playgoers who lifted up their voices against the startling innovation, and prophesied the approaching downfall of the drama.
Art in England Notes and Studies Dutton Cook 1856
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