1
as in to trek
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 to traverse
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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3
as in to fly
to proceed or move quickly
that racehorse can definitely travel
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4
as in to associate
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
often travels plural
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 travel
Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Waze, Google Maps, Apple’s navigation app—without them, many drivers would be lost when travelling unfamiliar routes.
—Lisya Bahar Manoah, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 28 Feb. 2025
Boldy, 23, the Minnesota Wild winger, played for the touted youth travel team out of Foxboro, Mass., the South Shore Kings, which boasts alumni who made it to the NHL including Kevin and Jimmy Hayes, Noah Hanifin, Brian Boyle and, more recently, Calder Trophy winner Matty Beniers.
—Joe Smith, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Verb
After getting engaged in September 2020, the high school sweethearts traveled to Hawaii for their wedding on March 12, 2022.
—Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Waze, Google Maps, Apple’s navigation app—without them, many drivers would be lost when travelling unfamiliar routes.
—Lisya Bahar Manoah, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
The study pulled data across three weighted categories: Work and home: housing cost index (10%), median family income Index (10%), work from home index (5%), work life balance index (10%), commute travel time index (5%).
—Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 28 Feb. 2025
Boldy, 23, the Minnesota Wild winger, played for the touted youth travel team out of Foxboro, Mass., the South Shore Kings, which boasts alumni who made it to the NHL including Kevin and Jimmy Hayes, Noah Hanifin, Brian Boyle and, more recently, Calder Trophy winner Matty Beniers.
—Joe Smith, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for travel
Verb
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The team then trekked into Svalbard’s mountains and set up timelapse cameras at 13 den sites from 2016 through 2020 and in 2023.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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Past cohorts have trekked across to France to train on Alpha Jets, although Canada is set to take over this leg.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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On 2/25, agents traversed rugged desert terrain under the cover of darkness, positioning themselves for a surprise take down at sunrise.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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The jumping could come in handy for tasks such as traversing gaps, going over obstacles, or even hitting lighter obstacles to move them out of its way.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
28 Feb. 2025
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But when the goodbyes were over, Norris got a plane and flew down to meet the Sabres in South Florida.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
9 Mar. 2025
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Colored powder was flying in the air on Sunday in Scripps Ranch during a Holi festival put on by a San Diego nonprofit for the first time.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Because my instinct was to run away and not be associated with this thing.—
H. Alan Scott,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Lowers the Risk of Gallbladder Disease Research shows that fiber intake is directly associated with a person's risk of gallbladder disease.—
Kathi Valeii Published,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2025
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Who plays center the rest of the trip when there’s no shuttle from Triple-A Iowa?—
Patrick Mooney,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Comparisons With Other Industries Last June, Booking.com launched an A.I. trip planner for select members, integrating a large language model from ChatGPT into the app for one of the world’s largest travel agencies.—
Matt Rybaltowski,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Voyager 1 is traveling up away from the plane that includes all of the planets orbiting the sun in our solar system, while Voyager 2 is journeying beneath the plane.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Over the course of several years, Metaxas journeyed across Greece, diving into a personal history.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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That's because the North American supply chain is highly integrated, and auto parts may cross the U.S. border several times.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
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Meta, whose family of AI models called Llama reportedly crossed 600 million monthly users last year, is far from the only player designing its own silicon.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Buffy Wicks said lawmakers will soon see 20 bills to speed up housing construction, along with more on energy, water and transit.—
Ben Christopher,
Orange County Register,
6 Mar. 2025
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One other handy benefit is that the AI can potentially do the processing in parallel and radically speed up the time needed to get you an answer.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Travel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/travel. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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