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travel time

American  

noun

  1. time spent traveling for a job, as from home to work or in the course of business.


Etymology

Origin of travel time

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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It was a rolling series of associations, first about time and then about travel, time and movement, and how that fit into being a performance artist.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

According to the study's calculations, combining in-space refueling with this aerobraking approach could reduce travel time to Uranus to about six and a half years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

He added that "as your travel time increases, you're going to get compounding errors in your guidance system… the inaccuracy of your missile is going to increase".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Stockholm’s public-transport operator found the P-12 halved travel time and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 94%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The travel time shifts in my view as I go, counting down the minutes that it will take for me to arrive.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

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