as in travelling
to take a trip especially of some distance
an intense yearning to journey to distant lands
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Recent Examples of journeying
After venturing to Rome in season four, season five sees Emily spending more time in Italy, even journeying to Venice, as was previously teased in first-look photos.
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Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
With Louis and Claudia (Jacob Anderson and Delainey Hayles) journeying to Europe in search of other vampires, this season of Interview is phenomenal, rounded out with an incredible cast of seductive vamps from the Théâtre des Vampires.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Maple the Moose was born to roam, journeying across all of Canada’s provinces and territories while connecting with people and embracing the country’s rich culture.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
While journeying through the meticulous sign of Virgo — an Earth sign that values practicality and discernment — the love planet isn’t easily swayed by grand gestures.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Solnit keeps notebooks while journeying by train or plane.
—Karen Palmer
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
The probes completed that portion of their respective journeys by 1989, after which NASA retooled their mission as an interstellar expedition – meaning one journeying beyond our solar system further into the Milky Way.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
After a decade of war and another of journeying home, Odysseus returns, incognito.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
That journeying, evolutionary spirit of chamoy is rooted in its origins, which aren’t documented clearly but reflect a connection between the Americas and Asia.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
With Louis and Claudia (Jacob Anderson and Delainey Hayles) journeying to Europe in search of other vampires, this season of Interview is phenomenal, rounded out with an incredible cast of seductive vamps from the Théâtre des Vampires.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Maple the Moose was born to roam, journeying across all of Canada’s provinces and territories while connecting with people and embracing the country’s rich culture.
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
While journeying through the meticulous sign of Virgo — an Earth sign that values practicality and discernment — the love planet isn’t easily swayed by grand gestures.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Solnit keeps notebooks while journeying by train or plane.
—Karen Palmer
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
The probes completed that portion of their respective journeys by 1989, after which NASA retooled their mission as an interstellar expedition – meaning one journeying beyond our solar system further into the Milky Way.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
After a decade of war and another of journeying home, Odysseus returns, incognito.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
That journeying, evolutionary spirit of chamoy is rooted in its origins, which aren’t documented clearly but reflect a connection between the Americas and Asia.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journeying
traveling
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Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli is charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm while traveling on an aircraft, according to a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Sacrament revolves around two cousins from San Bernardino, Larette and Cherrise, who, along with two traveling nurses—four ICU nurses in all—are isolating in individual Mallard trailers in CamperWorld, three blocks from Our Lady of Sorrows hospital.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Journeying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journeying. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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