wend

verb

Definition of wendnext
as in to proceed
literary to move from one place to another We wended through the narrow streets.

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Recent Examples of wend Then there’s Laak Boorndap, a 200,000-square-foot raised urban garden that will wend through the precinct. — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026 Scattered through the book is a catalog of trinkets collected by Helm, wending through eight storylines exploring the effect of matter around us, and our effect on matter. — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, a lonely hulk of a man—Christian Bale with some staples stuck through his forehead—wends his way through the Chicago streets, in search of the one scientist who may be able to help him. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 4 Mar. 2026 Late Thursday night the Taliban’s military launched attacks on Pakistani positions along some sections of their porous and disputed border that wends 1,600 miles through rugged mountains and desert. — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wend
  1. proceed
  2. march
  3. travel
  4. go
  5. pass
  6. speed
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  • If Kagan let the appeal proceed, the Supreme Court would have had to block the $111 billion transaction while considering the petition.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Homeowners can also review installation details, warranties, pricing and potential energy-efficiency benefits before deciding how to proceed.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • Bidh admitted as much, begrudgingly saying the STC would coordinate with local authorities to defend their land if the Houthis marched south, though maintaining it wouldn’t directly coordinate with the PLC itself.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Braving 100-degree heat, protesters marched through Culver City demanding local media corporations do their part to defend democracy.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • Critics note the change would mean the sun rises an hour later on winter mornings, leaving more children traveling to school and commuters, construction workers, farmers and others heading to work before daylight.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Passengers traveling from Manhattan can also connect to the BLADEone aircraft at Westchester County Airport by helicopter, with BLADE advertising the helicopter transfer at approximately 12 minutes.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • But this is an album that’s apparently about the artist’s double life, and the questions that are bound to be at the forefront of any curious listener’s mind go unaddressed.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Her bravery reverberates across the country and the crimes against her will not go unpunished.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of go
Verb
  • And because of the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act passed earlier this year, the company appears to be on track to have taxpayers foot the bill.
    — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026
  • It was intended to be a casino, but when the law to legalize casinos didn’t pass, the property was sold.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of pass
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  • Content creator Leah Victoria has turned the recipes she's known for online @leahscucina into a new cookbook full of recipes for busy parents, at-home cooks and anyone looking to speed up their dinner routine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Sometimes that’s true, especially now that AI can speed up prototyping and development.
    — Malte Kramer, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of speed

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