in transit

idiom

: in the process of being transported
Some of the goods were lost in transit.

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Companies should assess the security of their current messaging platforms to determine what encryption standards are protecting the data in transit. Anurag Lal, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 The instruments Blue Ghost carries, many of which were tested in transit to the moon, are for things like lunar subsurface drilling, sample collection, X-ray imaging and dust mitigation. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2025 But, while Nosenko’s wife was in transit, Chervinsky and the other operatives learned an unsettling fact. Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 Many likely died in place or in transit, but the Pueblo, like the Maya, still have descendants in the modern world. Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in transit

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“In transit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20transit. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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