1
: an act or instance of traveling : journey
2
: a course or period of traveling by other than land routes
a long sea voyage
3
: an account of a journey especially by sea
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Noun
The Titanic sank on her maiden voyage.
He wrote about his many voyages into the South Seas.
a manned voyage to Mars
Verb
They voyaged to distant lands.
He spent his youth voyaging around the globe.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Commodore Peggy Nathan New Yorker Margaret Nathan’s first ocean voyage was a transatlantic crossing from France to New York in 1957.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Brad Japhe, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Around the same time, voyaging societies launched in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
—Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The Modena’s final trading voyage lasted almost three years—and included stops in the Canary Islands, Cape Town, Ceylon, Bombay, and Persia.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Commodore Peggy Nathan New Yorker Margaret Nathan’s first ocean voyage was a transatlantic crossing from France to New York in 1957.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
Attendees learned some pointers to help them in that particularly pesky endeavor, while Zoeller regaled them with tales of his whiskey voyages across the seven seas.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Around the same time, voyaging societies launched in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
—Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Voyage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voyage. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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