as in trips
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
they were hungry and tired after their long journey
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as in travels
to take a trip especially of some distance
an intense yearning to journey to distant lands
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Recent Examples of journeys
Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Celonis analyzed the 5,000 delivery runs a day the brewery was executing, worked out how to make the runs more efficient, and reduced the number of journeys by 17%.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Scientists have hypothesized that this could be to seek additional food sources or a place to rest amid their long journeys.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Let other people go on journeys.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
The Chinook Oldendorff case study shows that small contributions add up to significant savings on long sea journeys.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
The entire flock benefits from upward air flowing off the lead bird’s wings, whose fellow fliers then get to save energy, especially on long journeys.
—Megan Wollerton, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2026
As part of the new offerings, the company will launch 12-day journeys across New Zealand complete with jet boat rides through the Shotover canyons, a helicopter flight over Queenstown, a visit to a vineyard in Marlborough, and more.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
Defying the odds Pavia typifies this larger, more varied group of players who have taken similar journeys.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
When Venus journeys through its home sign, Taurus, its energy is especially strong.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
One of the most popular hikes—the Vikos Gorge—journeys through one of the deepest gorges, winding along quiet villages and monasteries.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
Jaripeo is a feature hybrid documentary that journeys to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Seven women from the Iranian national soccer team remain in Australia, an Australian government official said Wednesday, as the rest of their team journeys back to a country at the center of a widening conflict in the Middle East.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
The director is purposefully vague about what journeys the characters in Blue Man Group shows actually take.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
The film, which is in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival, follows a Shanghai woman who journeys alone to a rubber plantation in southwest China, searching for a mysterious woman while strangers drift unexpectedly into her path.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
Between the river’s source, entrusted to an order of Orthodox nuns, and its southern delta, where caviar bound for the Kremlin is harvested, the author journeys through a defiant country transformed by war, sanctions, and reinvigorated patriotism.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
Fruits are ripening and the birds are overhead migrating day and night, guided by the sun and stars on their mind-boggling journeys.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Celonis analyzed the 5,000 delivery runs a day the brewery was executing, worked out how to make the runs more efficient, and reduced the number of journeys by 17%.
—Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Scientists have hypothesized that this could be to seek additional food sources or a place to rest amid their long journeys.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
Let other people go on journeys.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
The Chinook Oldendorff case study shows that small contributions add up to significant savings on long sea journeys.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
The entire flock benefits from upward air flowing off the lead bird’s wings, whose fellow fliers then get to save energy, especially on long journeys.
—Megan Wollerton, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Apr. 2026
As part of the new offerings, the company will launch 12-day journeys across New Zealand complete with jet boat rides through the Shotover canyons, a helicopter flight over Queenstown, a visit to a vineyard in Marlborough, and more.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
Defying the odds Pavia typifies this larger, more varied group of players who have taken similar journeys.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
Through immersive sound, travel, and intimate interviews, Baudelaire journeys from Benin to Haiti and across the Haitian diaspora to uncover the true story of Vodou — a story of resistance, faith, and cultural survival that’s often been distorted by fear and colonial mythmaking.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
When Venus journeys through its home sign, Taurus, its energy is especially strong.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
One of the most popular hikes—the Vikos Gorge—journeys through one of the deepest gorges, winding along quiet villages and monasteries.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 Mar. 2026
Jaripeo is a feature hybrid documentary that journeys to Michoacán’s hypermasculine rodeos.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Seven women from the Iranian national soccer team remain in Australia, an Australian government official said Wednesday, as the rest of their team journeys back to a country at the center of a widening conflict in the Middle East.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
The director is purposefully vague about what journeys the characters in Blue Man Group shows actually take.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
The film, which is in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival, follows a Shanghai woman who journeys alone to a rubber plantation in southwest China, searching for a mysterious woman while strangers drift unexpectedly into her path.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
Between the river’s source, entrusted to an order of Orthodox nuns, and its southern delta, where caviar bound for the Kremlin is harvested, the author journeys through a defiant country transformed by war, sanctions, and reinvigorated patriotism.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journeys
Noun
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Last Sunday, Zamiqua Miller, 33, died in NYPD custody in Brooklyn Central Booking after two trips to the hospital within a 24-hour span.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
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On longer trips, riders can additionally bring along a second set of folding solar panels.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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President Prabowo Subianto has publicly pointed out that 70% of Asia’s trade travels through the Indonesian straits of Lombok, Sunda, and Malacca.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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And then wrote about these travels in my zine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Lindblad’s ties to the Galápagos run deep, and the company’s commitment to responsible expeditions in the archipelago is evident at every step.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The mellow Meyer, (discovered by the intrepid agricultural explorer Fred Meyer, alas, who mysteriously died during one of his Asian expeditions, leaves his legacy in the divine lemon that now bears his name), has become a chef’s favorite pick.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As announced by Alex Cora over the weekend, top Red Sox hitting prospect Franklin Arias will start at shortstop when the club treks up to Dunedin to face the Toronto Blue Jays.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
2 Mar. 2026
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Eloise sucks it up and treks over to see her old frenemy Cressida.—
Christina Grace Tucker,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The group still tours together and has released new music in recent years.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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Both the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center and the Unitarian Meeting House host tours regularly, and the Seth Peterson Cottage—about an hour north—is available for overnight stays.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Journeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journeys. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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