1
as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
I'll have to transport the car to our new home overseas by public carrier
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2
as in to excite
to fill with great joy
was absolutely transported when she heard that her brother was getting married
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3
as in to entrance
to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)
was transported with wonder when she saw the Matterhorn for the first time
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4
as in to exile
to force to leave a country
the offending journalist was transported out of the country and ordered to never return
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as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
was in transports of joy after winning the championship
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as in vehicle
something used to carry goods or passengers
rising gas prices will impel more people to use public transport
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Recent Examples of transport
Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 28 July 2025
The San Francisco 49ers had a scary scene play out at training camp on Sunday after a collision led to a player being transported to the hospital.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
Adam Erace, Fortune, 27 July 2025
These are picked up during harvesting, packing, and transport.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
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Verb
Another 16-year-old was transported to the hospital with non-fatal gunshot wounds, and a 17-year-old also went to the hospital with non-fatal injuries.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 28 July 2025
The San Francisco 49ers had a scary scene play out at training camp on Sunday after a collision led to a player being transported to the hospital.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2025
Noun
But initially, the route will only be serviced once a month, Russia’s transport ministry said.
—Adam Erace, Fortune, 27 July 2025
These are picked up during harvesting, packing, and transport.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transport
Verb
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Two days after the letter was sent, Abbott announced 18 items on the special session agenda.—
Rachel Royster
July 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 July 2025
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Corinth, the wrangler of volunteers, spent evenings recruiting people from Facebook to help the next day or coordinating with Starbucks and H-E-B, which both sent teams.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
14 July 2025
Verb
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Investors were particularly excited by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's bullish comments on quantum computing last month.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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Sandy Brondello was excited just like all Liberty fans in Brooklyn.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
Verb
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That meant the audience stared, entranced, at a stage filled with string musicians and an upright bass player, with drummer Brian Chase in the back and guitarist Nick Zinner mostly playing acoustic instruments.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
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Instead, Baselitz became entranced by the artistic possibilities of the simplest possible materials.—
Ben Miller Laetitia Vançon,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
Verb
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The second Renko novel, Polar Star (1989), in which the investigator is exiled to a Soviet factory ship in the Arctic, is my favorite of the whole series.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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They are silenced, punished, exiled – for daring to write.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
Verb
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But another bill, HB 3520 by Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, to lessen the amount of liability insurance coverage rideshare drivers need to carry, took up a whole lot more time.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Just inside the doors of the employee entrance to Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn Truck Plant is a scoreboard that looms high above a double set of steep stairs that carry the 3,600 employees up to the factory floor where the company builds its best-selling vehicle: the F-150 pickup.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Anisimova watched it all from a few feet away, the agony and ecstasy of a cruel game in stark relief.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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And so, her cri de coeur came out as one great, big, fat, satisfying moan of ecstasy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Lefler said other services, such as those picking up a resident using a wheelchair or providing additional assistance to the resident, traditionally call the day before or morning before to confirm who the driver is and the type of vehicle.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
26 July 2025
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Prosecutors presented cell phone, DNA and vehicle tracking evidence.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
Verb
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Commentary Looking at the Products portfolio, the iPhone, which shipped its three billionth device since launch during the quarter, set a June quarter sales record of $44.58 billion.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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The Standard and Deluxe Editions for all platforms will ship on December 12.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Transport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transport. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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