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A smile on a journey starts off something special.

As the saying goes, every journey starts with a single step.

But every journey starts at some point, and yours begins now.

And every journey starts with a single step.

My journey starts in a riverside town, birthplace, in 1776, of a physician.

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What does the noun journey mean?

There are 24 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun journey , 13 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

journey has developed meanings and uses in subjects including

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Middle English

The earliest known use of the noun journey is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).

journey is a borrowing from French.

Etymons: French jornee , journee .

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• journalizable, adj. 1858–
• journalize, v. 1766–
• journalizer, n. 1837–
• journal-letter, n. 1756–
• journally, adv. 1554–92
• journ-chopper, n. 1883–
• journey, n. ?c1225–
• journey, v. c1330–
• journey-bated, adj. 1598
• journey-book, n. 1610–
• journey cake, n. 1754–
• journeyed, adj. 1553–
• journeyer, n. 1566–
• journeying, n. c1330–
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• journey-money, n. 1883–
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journey, n. was first published in 1901; not yet revised.

journey, n. was last modified in December 2023.

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noun as in travel from one place to another

Strongest matches

• exploration

Strong matches

• constitutional
• peregrination
• transmigration
• vagabondage

verb as in travel

• peregrinate

Weak matches

• knock about
• take a trip

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noun as in existence

• subsistence

noun as in revolution, track, boundary

• bound/bounds
• circulation
• circumference
• circumnavigation
• circumscription
• circumvolution
• perambulation

noun as in sailing expedition

verb as in sail

• keep steady pace
• push off/push on
• wander about

verb as in travel, visit

• pass through

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If either is selected, it would not launch until 2026 at the earliest, and would take at least a few months to make the journey.

The job is a cherry on top, but the journey and the experience of being able to audition and leave your heart in the room and feel good about it, no matter what happens, that’s rare and that was amazing.

Cross-device measurement helps connect the dots of your customer’s journey and ensures you know how effective your campaigns are at driving user behavior.

You are somewhat of a new grandmother and you’ve been enjoying that journey.

Instead of having numerous articles addressing each of these particular questions, brands and publishers could consolidate this information as it is all pertinent to the same stage of the journey that the user is in.

The brokers then scout out potential “crew members” who can earn substantial discounts for working the journey.

The next day, after driving to Putney on the outskirts of London, we start the end of our journey.

The NYPD Emerald Society pipes and drums struck up a slow march and the procession began the journey to the cemetery.

We began a journey with Koenig in the first episode of Serial.

But the sunlight is threatening to fade and a three-and-a-half-hour river journey back to Kisangani looms.

With a hammer the boy knocked off some of the slats of the small box in which Squinty had made his journey.

Then summoning a smart young jemadar with whom he had talked a good deal during the journey, he asked him to read the chit.

But dismissing them from our thoughts for the time being, as we did then from our presence, let us continue our journey.

If the journey is now distasteful to her, she has but her own rashness to blame in having sought it herself.

It was past sundown when they left San Bernardino, but a full moon made the night as good as day for their journey.

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• knock (about)
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journey noun [C] ( TRIP )

• She gave the children some candy to chew on during the long car journey.
• The journey was quite quick because the road was clear .
• I expect you'd like to rest after your long journey.
• We did the journey to Wales in five hours .
• The train journey took us through a valley past rolling hills .
• break-journey
• circumnavigation

journey noun [C] ( EXPERIENCES )

• advance the cause
• advancement
• formatively
• from A to B idiom
• progressive
• progressively
• punctuated equilibrium

journey noun [C] ( BOOK )

• absorptive capacity
• acquisition
• hit the books idiom
• mug (something) up
• non-academic
• recognition
• subspecialty
• swot up (something)
• uncredentialed
• around Robin Hood's barn idiom
• baggage drop
• communication
• first class
• peripatetically
• public transportation
• super-commuting

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• Partial solar eclipse: The moon blocks part of the sun, but the three are not perfectly aligned.
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WWE WrestleMania 40 predictions, Night 2 picks, card, start time, 2024 matches, location, date

The massive event concludes on sunday when cody rhodes challenges roman reigns in the main event.

The biggest event in wrestling got off to a massive start on Saturday night. WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia kicked off with a bang with a new champion crowned and tons of highlights. No match was more important for Sunday, however, than The Rock and Roman Reigns battling Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins .

The WWE universal champion and the self-proclaimed "Final Boss" took care of business in a grueling match with the world heavyweight champion and the "American Nightmare" in Saturday's main event. In the end, it will be "Bloodline Rules" when Reigns faces Rhodes after the two members of the Anoaʻi family got the win. 

That means you can expect plenty of outside interference from members of the Bloodline on Sunday, including The Rock, Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso. The odds will be clearly stacked against Rhodes as he looks to get revenge after falling short in last year's main event at WrestleMania.

Rollins, meanwhile, has his own problems to deal with as the world heavyweight champion will put his title on the line against a red-hot Drew McIntyre. Plus, CM Punk, who made his return at the Royal Rumble only to suffer an injury, will be on the commentary for the match and likely to play a factor. Plus, the WWE women's championship is on the line when Iyo Sky takes on Bayley. Sky and her Damage CTRL cohorts kicked Bayley out of the group she helped form and now Bayley looks to exact her revenge. The final title match on Sunday sees United States champion Logan Paul forced to defend his title against two opponents when he takes on Randy Orton and Kevin Owens.

Other matches of note include a "Philadelphia street fight" between the Final Testament -- featuring Karrion Kross and Authors of Pain -- and the team of Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits. Plus, LA Knight and AJ Styles look to settle the score on their bitter rivalry.

The CBS Sports experts got together to provide predictions for every match on the card. Let's take a look at how they think all of Night 2's action will go down.

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The Pride vs. The Final Testament

You can give him months of vignettes, repackages, two managers and a badass tag team and I still won't care about Karrion Kross. Please let Bobby and the Profits put an end to this rivalry so both groups can move on to something else. Pick: The Pride win  -- Connor Casey (also Brent Brookhouse)

A brawl between two middling factions who weren't booked to their potential. This one could go either way. Lashley and the Street Profits are the safe choice, not an inspired one. AOP was shelved for a long time and Kross has been rebooted repeatedly in the last two years. The stable might be a little hokey or crowded but they have great intensity as a brutal heel faction opposing any popular babyface. Rhodes will send the crowd home happy so let's sour them a little with this match.  Pick: The Final Testament win  -- Shakiel Mahjouri

LA Knight vs. AJ Styles

Knight is a true WWE success story graduating from undesirable to undeniable. He has cooled off since losing to Reigns at Crown Jewel but so have most superstars in the lead-up to WrestleMania's two main events. Knight and Styles have done a great job of dialing up the intensity of their feud. They could benefit from a match stipulation this weekend or down the line. Knight should win this match in most cases. Even if they want to extend the feud beyond WrestleMania, the 41-year-old Knight has waited more than 20 years for this moment. Give it to him. Pick: LA Knight wins  -- Mahjouri (also Brookhouse and Casey)

United States Championship -- Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton

Orton is a bit too big of a name to be hanging out as United States champ and Owens doesn't really need the title. Paul having the title -- and retaining here -- is unfortunate just in that he isn't an every-week player on television. Still, his name draws a bit of extra attention and taking advantage of Owens and Orton taking each other out to get another sneaky title defense under his belt makes too much sense to not be how this plays out. Pick: Logan Paul retains the title  -- Brookhouse (also Casey and Mahjouri)

WWE Women's Championship -- Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley

I feel bad for Bayley. Here she is at the end of a years-long storyline with a faction she helped create and a matchup that will finally give her a definitive WrestleMania performance. And yet it's maybe seventh on the two-night card in terms of fan excitement. She'll get the win and hopefully, they'll be given enough time to make something special, but this feels like an afterthought walking into Philly. Pick: Bayley wins the title  -- Casey (also Mahjouri and Brookhouse)

World Heavyweight Championship -- Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre

McIntyre deserves his WrestleMania moment almost as much as Rhodes does. McIntyre is arguably the most improved superstar of the year. He's developed into a witty, vengeful heel with relatable gripes. He's holding his own on the microphone with CM Punk and Rhodes, some of today's best talkers. McIntyre won his first WWE championship in an empty venue during the pandemic-affected WrestleMania 36. McIntyre is long overdue for a proper celebration in front of his family and 60,000 fans. Pick: Drew McIntyre wins the title  -- Mahjouri

All credit to McIntyre for the great work he has done of late, but given I believe Rollins will be on the losing team on Night 1, it seems difficult to believe he'd eat another loss on Night 2. Also, for all of McIntyre's good work, you know WWE has their eyes on a feud between Rollins and CM Punk for the title down the road. Depending on the full Punk timeline for return, it makes sense for Rollins to hold onto the belt here. While Punk has issues with both men, he should be more angry at McIntyre for rubbing in the injury lately, and he'll be on commentary, right in position to tip the scales one way or the other. Pick: Seth Rollins retains the title  -- Brookhouse (also Casey)

Undisputed WWE universal championship -- Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes

While we won't know until Night 1 wraps on Saturday, we do believe this match will be contested under Bloodline Rules. That would stack the deck against Rhodes in a way that can only be overcome by a true babyface superstar -- and that's what Rhodes is. Add in some backup likely coming in the form of both those he's aligned with, those who resent Reigns' actions over the past years and maybe a few legendary superstars and suddenly the odds are evened up. Also, failing to pull the trigger on a Rhodes win here would be a horrible misstep for WWE, which has fumbled having several very over top babyfaces over the past 18 months. Pick: Cody Rhodes wins the title  -- Brookhouse

It all comes down to this. Cody was cheated out of the WrestleMania main event a year ago. He's been beaten down week after week by The Rock and Roman Reigns. The Bloodline just cost him the tag team main event the night before and now he's taking on the longest-reigning champion in decades with no rules holding him back. The odds couldn't be stacked any higher -- so now you have Cody win.

But he won't be alone. Since Reigns has an entire posse at his disposal, let Rhodes have an "Avengers Assemble" moment and have a legion of wrestlers run out to even the odds. There are so many to choose from that have a score to settle with Reigns -- Seth Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton and LA Knight just to name a few. And if they really want to get nuts, have John Cena and Steve Austin run out there too just for the obscene pop both would produce.

There's no point in trying to push for another standard wrestling match between Cody and Roman. We had that already last year. This is the time to go all out; no idea is too crazy, no spot is too over-indulgent. It'll feel like a car crash in the moment, but if Rhodes walks out as champion, it'll be considered a classic. Pick: Cody Rhodes wins the title  -- Casey

There was a collective groan when Rhodes lost to Reigns at WrestleMania 39. Paul Levesque urged patience but it was hard to see the decision as anything other than a massive blunder. WWE almost ruined it twice by having The Rock take Rhodes' spot this year. Fortunately, they beautifully pivoted in response to fan disapproval. WrestleMania 40's two main events are some of the most anticipated in the event's four-decade history. Maybe this isn't the ceiling but it's too big a gamble to delay it further. Rhodes must become the undisputed WWE universal champion and achieve the one thing his father, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, never did. Pick: Cody Rhodes wins the title  -- Mahjouri

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Merriam-Webster will be the Associated Press Stylebook’s official dictionary starting May 29, stylebook editor Paula Froke announced Friday.

It is the first change to the stylebook’s primary dictionary in decades. If a term isn’t listed in the stylebook, its entry in Merriam-Webster will be considered AP style. Froke and Merriam-Webster editor at large Peter Sokolowski announced the change at a panel at the annual ACES: The Society for Editing conference.

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“As climate change becomes a larger factor in the daily lives of many people, effective and accurate writing about this far-reaching and sometimes complex topic becomes even more important,” the climate change entry reads.

The stylebook also updated its guidance on the terms Native Americans and Indigenous people(s). Though reporters can use Native Americans to broadly refer to two or more people of different tribal affiliations within the contiguous United States, they should not use it to refer to an individual or to multiple people from the same tribe.

When referring to individuals, reporters should use the proper name of their tribe and specify whether the person is an enrolled citizen of the tribe or a descendant of an enrolled citizen. The stylebook notes that some individuals may prefer using their tribe’s official name: “For example, some members of the Navajo Nation refer to themselves as Diné , the Navajo word for the people .”

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• His elaborate subterfuge involved creating a fake identity to gain access to the exclusive event.
• Their subterfuge of leaving a decoy package fooled the thieves and protected the valuable merchandise.

Astronomy. total obscuration or darkening in an eclipse.

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More about totality.

• First recorded in 1590–1600 in the sense of “a whole.”
• The astronomical sense highlighted here was first recorded in the 1840s.
• Comes from the noun total , which came from the Latin word tōtālis , meaning “entire.”

EXAMPLES OF TOTALITY

• During the solar eclipse, we were lucky enough to witness the breathtaking totality as the moon completely blocked out the sun.
• People traveled far and wide to experience the rare event of totality during the total solar eclipse, hoping to capture it through photography and memory.

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