traveling

adjective

variants: or travelling

Definition of traveling

1 :that travels

a traveling opera company

a traveling executive

2 :carried, used by, or accompanying a traveler

a traveling alarm clock

a traveling companion

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Examples of traveling in a Sentence

a troupe of traveling actors

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Even with those brief asides from bilateral talks and news conferences, however, Obama waxed poetic about what a visit to the City of Light might mean if he wasn't surrounded by hundreds of security personnel, aides and a traveling press corps.

— allie malloy, CNN, "Presidential dining delights in the City of Light," 13 July 2017
No more daily press briefings, no more traveling reporters dogging his trail, as few press conferences as possible—just let Sean Hannity give him an on-air shoeshine now and then.

— james wolcott, The Hive, "There’s Nowhere Left for Sean Spicer to Hide," 4 July 2017
No more daily press briefings, no more traveling reporters dogging his trail, as few press conferences as possible—just let Sean Hannity give him an on-air shoeshine now and then.

— james wolcott, The Hive, "There’s Nowhere Left for Sean Spicer to Hide," 4 July 2017
No more daily press briefings, no more traveling reporters dogging his trail, as few press conferences as possible—just let Sean Hannity give him an on-air shoeshine now and then.

— james wolcott, The Hive, "There’s Nowhere Left for Sean Spicer to Hide," 4 July 2017
No more daily press briefings, no more traveling reporters dogging his trail, as few press conferences as possible—just let Sean Hannity give him an on-air shoeshine now and then.

— james wolcott, The Hive, "There’s Nowhere Left for Sean Spicer to Hide," 4 July 2017
A White House spokeswoman with the traveling press corps hotel here in Bridgewater, N.J., a few miles from Trump's golf club, declined to address questions about the tweet.

— david nakamura, Washington Post, "Trump appears to promote violence against CNN with tweet," 2 July 2017
A White House spokeswoman with the traveling press corps hotel here in Bridgewater, a few miles from Trump's golf club, declined to immediately address the questions about the tweet.

— david nakamura, Alaska Dispatch News, "Trump appears to promote violence against CNN with tweet," 2 July 2017
No more daily press briefings, no more traveling reporters dogging his trail, as few press conferences as possible—just let Sean Hannity give him an on-air shoeshine now and then.

— vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, "There’s Nowhere Left for Sean Spicer to Hide," 28 June 2017

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First Known Use of traveling

14th century

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: going to different places instead of staying in one place
: relating to the activity of traveling
: designed to be used by someone who is traveling

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