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
In a 6-minute sneak peek from A Big Bold Beautiful Journey shared exclusively with PEOPLE, the pair are in adventure mode, journeying via a time-traveling doorway.
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Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 12 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
Travelers Rest earned its name as a resting spot for weary travelers journeying along the Old Buncombe Road (which linked North Carolina to Georgia).
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
This month, Bark Air is debuting a standalone concierge service designed to handle the logistics of journeying with your furry, four-legged friend.
—AFAR Media, 14 Aug. 2025
Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 12 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
Travelers Rest earned its name as a resting spot for weary travelers journeying along the Old Buncombe Road (which linked North Carolina to Georgia).
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
This month, Bark Air is debuting a standalone concierge service designed to handle the logistics of journeying with your furry, four-legged friend.
—AFAR Media, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journeying
traveling
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The formula gets bonus points for not feeling sticky, not traveling or feathering, and smoothing out lip lines for a plump, pouty effect.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Recently, when her daughter was traveling to London for work, Graves still got up to see her off.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Journeying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journeying. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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