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
Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
Prisoner and Alpha take the affable actor on fresh emotional inner journeys.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Their journeys could be just the start of a migration of players to the football field from the basketball floor or the soccer pitch or the volleyball court or the world of track.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Where translations begin their journeys.
—Julie Finch, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Altered river flows, barriers and overfishing are increasingly disrupting these journeys, and dorado populations in upstream Bolivia have plummeted.
—Zeb Hogan, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
Snitker first joined the Braves as a prospect, but after his release, then-executive Hank Aaron offered him a coaching role, setting the stage for one of baseball’s most remarkable individual journeys.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Bikes now make twice as many as journeys as cars.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Birdwatchers often spot them stopping at feeders or gardens during these seasonal journeys, making migration an exciting time to observe these remarkable birds.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
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
Twelve-year-old Atari (Koyu Rankin) soon journeys there aboard a miniature Junior Turboprop to reunite with his bodyguard pup, Spots (Liev Schreiber).
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Throughout the novel, Barbie journeys to various magical lands to meet with the mysterious beings that control her fate, but her mission gets derailed when she's met with some ugly, unavoidable truths.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
Like Picasso and the Beatles in their respective art forms, Davis and Coltrane never stopped evolving, and each step on their journeys altered the trajectory of music far beyond modern jazz.
—Andrew Gilbert, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2026
Prisoner and Alpha take the affable actor on fresh emotional inner journeys.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2026
Their journeys could be just the start of a migration of players to the football field from the basketball floor or the soccer pitch or the volleyball court or the world of track.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Where translations begin their journeys.
—Julie Finch, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Altered river flows, barriers and overfishing are increasingly disrupting these journeys, and dorado populations in upstream Bolivia have plummeted.
—Zeb Hogan, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
Snitker first joined the Braves as a prospect, but after his release, then-executive Hank Aaron offered him a coaching role, setting the stage for one of baseball’s most remarkable individual journeys.
—Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Bikes now make twice as many as journeys as cars.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 20 Mar. 2026
Birdwatchers often spot them stopping at feeders or gardens during these seasonal journeys, making migration an exciting time to observe these remarkable birds.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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
Twelve-year-old Atari (Koyu Rankin) soon journeys there aboard a miniature Junior Turboprop to reunite with his bodyguard pup, Spots (Liev Schreiber).
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Throughout the novel, Barbie journeys to various magical lands to meet with the mysterious beings that control her fate, but her mission gets derailed when she's met with some ugly, unavoidable truths.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for journeys
Noun
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Russell Anthony made eight trips to the dentist last year.—
Blake Farmer,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Public interest in more trips to the moon had faded, support from the president had dropped and Congress had cut the agency's budget.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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When sound travels through open air, higher frequencies get absorbed by the atmosphere faster than lower ones.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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The movie’s second half travels to the Gaza border for a series of excoriating, excruciating monologues with the literal fog of war as background.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vanity Fair,
25 Mar. 2026
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While no moon landing is in store for the mission, the crew will test systems and hardware for future expeditions to the surface while traveling up to 6,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon – the farthest humans have ever ventured in space.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Sediment samples near the torpedo compartment showed no evidence of plutonium leakage from the nuclear warheads, indicating titanium patches applied by Soviet and Russian expeditions in 1994 remain effective.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 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
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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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Tigertail, 36, who captains airboat tours through the Everglades, is navigating his boat through the only route available given how dry the park has gotten this year.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Journeys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/journeys. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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