proceeds (along)

verb

Definition of proceeds (along)next
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proceeds (along)
  1. crosses
  2. traverses
  3. follows
  4. travels
  5. walks
  6. navigates
  7. covers
Verb
  • Once the inventory crosses that hard threshold, the law explicitly prohibits these routine limited drawdowns.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Pluto fails at this because its orbit actually crosses Neptune's, and it's accompanied by other Kuiper belt objects in neighboring orbits.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of crosses
Verb
  • Things to do 🧑‍🍳Famous chef Roy Choi traverses Los Angeles for lobster noodles and spicy tofu.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The canal traverses the Isthmus of Suez, which is the sole land bridge between Africa and Asia.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of traverses
Verb
  • The 12-episode series – produced by Studio Dragon and released as a TVING original on CJ ENM‘s Korean streaming platform – follows Kang Seong-jae, played by Park Ji-hoon, a young man who joins the military to escape a difficult reality.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
  • White Pony ranks as the group’s second-longest-running effort with 40 frames somewhere on the tally, while Koi No Yokan follows with 15.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of follows
Verb
  • Linebacker Weston Reis also came through for 2-0 Palos Verdes, which travels to Carson next Thursday in another challenging nonleague game.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The story follows Ana, a young Black French woman who, following the death of her grandmother, travels to her matriarch’s birth city of Belo Horizonte.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • Edgewater defensive tackle Wes Hendry walks off the field with cramps.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Every year, more than 27,000 members of the Television Academy — actors and editors, showrunners and composers, the people who actually make television — sit down with their ballots and decide who walks away with an Emmy.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of walks
Verb
  • Samantha Parkington navigates grief and the lack of child labor laws.
    — Tara Strauch, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The way the central couple navigates the twists, turns, roadblocks and unforced errors that entangle their budding relationship is the beating heart of these films.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of navigates
Verb
  • Based on FactSet’s definition of second-quarter reporting, which covers companies with fiscal quarters ending in May, June, or July, Nvidia and Micron are projected to be the largest contributors to the S&P 500′s overall profit growth.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Netflix series covers the same timespan as A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, though presumably with less doo-wop.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of covers
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“Proceeds (along).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proceeds%20%28along%29. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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