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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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
On Viking’s Viking Mars vessel, 62 of 887 passengers reported being sick during a voyage that ended Friday with the same predominant symptoms, though the CDC listed the causative agent as unknown.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The Panama Canal has a long history of sea creatures voyaging through as stowaways on ships’ hulls and in their ballast tanks: oysters from the Indo-Pacific, jellyfish from the Black Sea, worms from mud flats in the Netherlands.
—Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
After a seven-year voyage, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped a capsule of about 120 grams of precious asteroid fragments into the Utah desert in September 2023.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
On Viking’s Viking Mars vessel, 62 of 887 passengers reported being sick during a voyage that ended Friday with the same predominant symptoms, though the CDC listed the causative agent as unknown.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
Just as the ancient Egyptians moved southward to expand their empires and Polynesians voyaged into uncharted waters, today’s leaders must navigate uncertainty and complexity.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
The Panama Canal has a long history of sea creatures voyaging through as stowaways on ships’ hulls and in their ballast tanks: oysters from the Indo-Pacific, jellyfish from the Black Sea, worms from mud flats in the Netherlands.
—Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Voyage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voyage. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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