as in journey
a long trip from one place to another
Their yearlong odyssey took them to the other side of the world.
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Recent Examples of odyssey
Driving 80 miles can feel like an odyssey, especially in SoCal.
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Systemic failures Launched on June 5, 2024, the mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule, originally intended as a brief eight-day final certification flight, transformed into an odyssey of nine months.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Their journeys to the Olympics are more than anything immigrant stories, the odysseys of two families of dreamers who settled in the South Bay, Chloe Kim’s family in Torrance, Bea Kim’s on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Moore says, curled up on the velvet sofa in the living room, with a five-year odyssey of renovating and re-building behind her.
—Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Systemic failures Launched on June 5, 2024, the mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule, originally intended as a brief eight-day final certification flight, transformed into an odyssey of nine months.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Their journeys to the Olympics are more than anything immigrant stories, the odysseys of two families of dreamers who settled in the South Bay, Chloe Kim’s family in Torrance, Bea Kim’s on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Moore says, curled up on the velvet sofa in the living room, with a five-year odyssey of renovating and re-building behind her.
—Christine Lennon, Architectural Digest, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for odyssey
Noun
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Gosling is a beautiful crier, and his character’s journey seems destined to end in tears.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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While there is no exact count, the number of people who perished during the journey is in the millions, according to Paul Gardullo, the assistant director of history at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Tibbs clubbed 28 home runs in his junior year at Florida State, powering the Seminoles to their first College World Series trip since 2019.—
Jack Vita,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Mikala grew up taking annual family trips to Austin to visit her grandmother, an Austinite since 1975, and has fully adopted the Texas lifestyle since moving to the Lone Star State in 2018.—
Mikala Compton,
Austin American Statesman,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Longtime fans may have had already made the pilgrimage to the cinema great’s Ground Zero in the Mississippi Delta, where the blues first flourished.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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Six inhabitants of a paradisiacal coastal village initiate a pilgrimage on push bikes to save it from rising sea levels.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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With 66 potential new species from one expedition and hundreds of specimens still being analyzed, these findings underscore how much of the deep ocean remains unknown — and how much more there is left to discover.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Nankai Trough is one of Japan’s most geologically active deep-sea regions, but before this expedition, only 14 animal species were known to inhabit the area’s cold seeps.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Trump has restarted his affordability tour across the nation, but rising gas prices undercut his messaging as the weather is beginning to warm up, and the public looks to travel for vacations.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Mar. 2026
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In front of him, activists were emerging from a tour bus to gather in front of the historic Paramour Estate.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ball began hot, and the Hornets seemed to be on their way to keeping the good times during their recent excursions going.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Xuan Fernando has been going on State Street’s Community Fruit excursions since Daly started them.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Nearly every cinematic space voyage, however far flung, brushes up against familiar terrain.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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That makes her ideal for both Mediterranean island-hopping and longer voyages.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Odyssey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odyssey. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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