1
as in journeys
to take a trip especially of some distance
the couple loves to travel and has been to 34 countries
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2
as in traverses
to make one's way through, across, or over
will travel the river for a while and then continue on land
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as in speeds
to proceed or move quickly
that racehorse can definitely travel
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as in associates
to come or be together as friends
he traveled with a fast crowd when he was in college
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as in trip
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
in all his travels he never met pleasanter people than he had in that village
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Recent Examples of travels
New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
For 56 years, that mission held the distance record, but Artemis II will smash it when the spacecraft travels a whopping 4,700 miles beyond the lunar backside.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Bharat likens the novel system to adding a bridge to a highway—like interstate traffic, blood travels from the right side of the heart to the lungs, then to the left side of the heart and then on to the rest of the body.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
Lake-effect snow needs a strong temperature difference (cold air/warm lake), and the lake-effect snow fetch distance is the length of open water wind travels over, requiring at least 60 miles for significant lake-effect snow.
—Vytas Reid, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Additional surveillance footage from numerous locations show the Infiniti travels in tandem with Ares' Acadia from Ares' residence to the homicide scene.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The transition is quick, within minutes rather than hours (given the speed at which the station travels), and the colors of the sunset can be striking because astronauts are looking through Earth's atmosphere at a different angle.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
This documentary was filmed over 10 years and follows a Syrian refugee girl who travels to Germany and then back to Syria with her family.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
An avid fan of South Korean pop group BTS, Shirgaonkar attends a live event roughly every two months, mostly in Mumbai, and travels overseas at least once a year to see her favorite artists perform.
—Shreya Ghosal,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Jan. 2026
The model often posted about their relationship on social media, including sharing their travels together and Valentine’s Day gifts.
—Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
View gallery - 3 images Imagine a shirt that feels like any other, but could feed you real-time information about your health and surroundings, heat up and cool down automatically, or even track your travels, giving you data on local transport, restaurants and attractions.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
The all-day menu, curated by James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock and a dream team of Birmingham food veterans, takes cues directly from Brock’s travels.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
During travels in Russia, Marchant and Merrett came across it on a menu.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Although her exact cause of death is unknown, many historians attribute it to the physical toll of both mob violence and her missionary travels.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Kelsea Ballerini shared a stark contrast between her travels and conditions back home.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
So go ahead and feel free to collect those mementos from your travels and paint your living room your favorite non-neutral hue.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
In this study, the researchers found that not all but some cancers release a protein called cystatin-C (Cyst-C), which travels through the body and helps the brain clear away toxic amyloid clumps – the sticky protein build-up linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
—New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
For 56 years, that mission held the distance record, but Artemis II will smash it when the spacecraft travels a whopping 4,700 miles beyond the lunar backside.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
Bharat likens the novel system to adding a bridge to a highway—like interstate traffic, blood travels from the right side of the heart to the lungs, then to the left side of the heart and then on to the rest of the body.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
Lake-effect snow needs a strong temperature difference (cold air/warm lake), and the lake-effect snow fetch distance is the length of open water wind travels over, requiring at least 60 miles for significant lake-effect snow.
—Vytas Reid, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Additional surveillance footage from numerous locations show the Infiniti travels in tandem with Ares' Acadia from Ares' residence to the homicide scene.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
The transition is quick, within minutes rather than hours (given the speed at which the station travels), and the colors of the sunset can be striking because astronauts are looking through Earth's atmosphere at a different angle.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
This documentary was filmed over 10 years and follows a Syrian refugee girl who travels to Germany and then back to Syria with her family.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026
An avid fan of South Korean pop group BTS, Shirgaonkar attends a live event roughly every two months, mostly in Mumbai, and travels overseas at least once a year to see her favorite artists perform.
—Shreya Ghosal,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
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As part of the program, each athlete will also receive personalized product gifting experiences to equip them for their travels, the company noted.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Jan. 2026
The model often posted about their relationship on social media, including sharing their travels together and Valentine’s Day gifts.
—Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
View gallery - 3 images Imagine a shirt that feels like any other, but could feed you real-time information about your health and surroundings, heat up and cool down automatically, or even track your travels, giving you data on local transport, restaurants and attractions.
—New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2026
The all-day menu, curated by James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock and a dream team of Birmingham food veterans, takes cues directly from Brock’s travels.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2026
During travels in Russia, Marchant and Merrett came across it on a menu.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Although her exact cause of death is unknown, many historians attribute it to the physical toll of both mob violence and her missionary travels.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
Kelsea Ballerini shared a stark contrast between her travels and conditions back home.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
So go ahead and feel free to collect those mementos from your travels and paint your living room your favorite non-neutral hue.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for travels
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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
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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
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The film’s story spans thousands of years and traverses multiple continents, with locations ranging from Antarctica to Africa to the titular Indian city.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2026
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On its voyage through intergalactic space, that light traverses countless clumps of dark matter.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
25 Jan. 2026
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The formula also includes Persian silk tree extract, a fancy-sounding ingredient that speeds up your skin’s healing process, resulting in a brighter, fresher complexion.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
20 Jan. 2026
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After weeks of focusing on stability, the energy lightens and speeds up.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
18 Jan. 2026
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Greene’s heart-to-heart media tour has been jarring liberals and anyone else who associates her with conspiratorial beliefs and outrageous comments.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
21 Nov. 2025
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Everyone associates that with us.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
8 Oct. 2025
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Gemini can now pull context from emails, schedules, and travel searches to help users plan trips, draft messages, or find relevant information faster.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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And in a scientific article that was just published in late 2025, it was incidentally caught during a recreational fishing trip off the coast of northwestern Africa.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Winter weather alerts are in effect for nearly 70 million people, stretching from the Plains to Maine as the storm treks east.—
CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
1 Dec. 2025
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That, and putting your people first, is what matters first and foremost; everything else follows after.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The agreement, which would be the first for the EU in Asean, follows numerous such deals Vietnam has inked — including with the US, China, Russia, Japan, India, UK, France and Australia — as its global economic and security role grows.—
Nguyen Dieu Tu Uyen,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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That is because the House sent the DHS funding over to the Senate tied together with billions in spending for defense, health, transportation and other federal agencies, in part to expedite the process as Congress races to meet a Friday deadline to keep the government fully open.—
Sam Gringlas,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2026
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But when Zara leaves, Rhys races back to his house and goes through his files from the case.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Travels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/travels. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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