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verb

variants or travelling
present participle of travel
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Recent Examples of traveling
Adjective
But baby apparently got the non-traveling alleles from both parents, and therefore is not a time traveler. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2021 As more states ease their indoor dining restrictions and the CDC has given the all-clear (for the most part) to the fully vaccinated for both traveling and small gatherings, restaurants are starting to feel alive again. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2021
Verb
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 about 4,700 miles beyond the far side of the moon – the farthest humans have ever ventured in space. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026 Does your mom watch the animals if you guys are traveling? Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for traveling
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traveling
Verb
  • Spring’s touring theater productions are a mix of old standbys and new shows.
    Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Hole was touring with Marilyn Manson.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Like Samut, Chawarit had had misgivings about traversing the strait, his wife Suchawadee Malikaeo told CNN.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • If tensions ease and tankers start traversing the waterway sooner, estimates of how much consumers could spend on gas would change, Neale Mahoney, director of the Stanford Institute, told CBS News.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Plus, here’s why flying in America is about to get more expensive and less fun.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Three others are flying more than 2,300 miles.
    Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Joveljic dummied Afrifa’s cutback pass, leaving the ball for the on-running Berg Johnsen.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Including Dolezal, who is running for lieutenant governor, four of the five Republicans on the committee are running for statewide office in 2026.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • This was all explained to me in the oasis town of Tighmert by Abderrahmane Laasel, who grew up in a nomadic family that once traveled hundreds of miles each year to find pasture.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Anthropocene framing conscripts the work into contemporary climate discourse, rendering its specific engagement with Kazakh nomadic destruction merely illustrative of broader ecological crisis.
    Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The film unfolds through poetic and carefully composed images of the girls journeying through the mountainous landscape – an environment that reflects the girls’ inner world, according to Chen, capturing that fragile moment before childhood gives way to adulthood.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
  • With Iran controlling the Northern side of the passage, the country has the means to block vessels from journeying through and can disrupt trade by attacking shipping containers and tankers.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors allege Solis ran a red light at the intersection and hit a 41-year-old Pleasant Hill woman who was crossing the street in a crosswalk.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The 59-year-old victim was crossing the street with his two dogs when a gray Jeep Cherokee plowed into him near 101st Ave.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • This intense demand is driving significant activity among niche data providers.
    NILESH CHRISTOPHER LOS ANGELES TIMES, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Objects that are outdoors should be secured and caution should be taken if driving.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026

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“Traveling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traveling. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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