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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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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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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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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
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
After his arrest, police say the man was transported to the hospital for an unrelated injury.
—Grace Bellinghausen, Sun Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article The Anne Arundel County Fire Department unveiled a publicly-available dashboard Thursday for citizens to take an in-depth look at its response and transport data.
—Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2025
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Our survey highlights the most beloved towns across America that transport visitors to faraway places through their architecture, culture, and traditions.
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Where feasible, consider rail travel which is significantly more greenhouse gas efficient than road transport and aviation.
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The big picture: Watson's conviction sent shockwaves through the digital media industry, which for years faced pressure from venture investments to grow quickly online.—
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Yet at the same, there are some around the world who still struggle to access devices like laptops and computers almost 50 years after Queen Elizabeth II sent her first email in 1976.—
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What excites you the most about your new partnership with Chase and United?—
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That technology will likely change and influence legacy processes, like customer service, loyalty and marketing, which retailers hope will entice and excite their shoppers.—
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The song entranced a crowd of eclipse chasers while the birds flocked and some passing dogs barked.—
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That so much night could exist within a city, flooding the side-streets and massing in secluded courtyards, entranced me.—
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Tapping into a political vacuum With most Awami League leaders either exiled or imprisoned, and uncertainty about their participation, a political vacuum is forming that Islam wants to tap into.—
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Later down the line, after being summoned to resolve a conflict that was a front for the Emperor’s treachery, Khazan was deemed a traitor to the empire, and he and his comrades — like Ozma — were executed or exiled for aiding a traitor.—
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And the city will carry its own point of pride: that everything Morrow accomplished started right here.—
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Green hydrogen can replace grey hydrogen to carry energy in chemicals and refining processes, while it is used as a reductant to remove oxygen from iron ore during steel production.—
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What seems lost in the world today is the sense of wonder, the joy and the ecstasy that touch our senses in a way no video game, roller coaster ride or CGI film can replicate.—
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Both genres were built around the drop; Mumford & Sons offered a way to provide the ecstasy of that sonic release with a banjo and a kickdrum.—
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City firefighters responded to the 900 block of West Pratt Street for reports of a vehicle into a building around 8:30 p.m.—
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Electric vehicle maker Tesla was an exception, with its shares rising.—
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Pickle has listings for items across the country, so renters in Miami have already had access to peers’ rentals shipped via USPS, as well as same-day local deliveries via courier services like Uber, DoorDash and Relay.—
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The announcement, expected Wednesday, will also include a plan to impose tariffs on low-value merchandise shipped from China to individual U.S. consumers.—
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“Transport.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transport. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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