'exceptional journey' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to an extraordinary journey that one has been on. For example: "My trip to the Grand Canyon was an exceptional journey that I will never forget."
The president's acceptance speech on Thursday night in Charlotte would be a good place to announce this exceptional journey.
ERIC L. BITTMAN Amherst, Mass., Sept. 4, 2012 To the Editor: Thomas L. Friedman ("It's Still Halftime in America," column, Sept. 2) calls for each candidate for president to detail an exceptional "journey".
Beginning in 1968 as an anarcho-Maoist, and as an ally of Sartre in the founding of Libération, he has made an exceptional journey, to end in a place that belongs to no one but him.
Thomas L. Friedman's notion in "It's Still Halftime in America" (column, Sept. 2) that keeping children in school and guaranteeing all Americans an opportunity for higher education is a goal worthy of America's next exceptional journey.
Here's what makes it an exceptional journey right now.
It was an exceptional journey and it became harder, the closer we got to our destination.
If only this election were a choice, not between two parties or two candidates, but between two exceptional journeys — with maps included.
If Michelin rated cupcake stores, Everything Frosted might qualify for an "exceptional, worth a special journey" for lovers of flavors like green tea, jasmine, red bean and black sesame.
Eateries awarded one star by the company's professional, anonymous inspectors are "a very good restaurant in its category"; those with two stars offer "excellent cooking, worth a detour"; and those with three stars "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".
As any food lover knows, the Michelin rating system runs from one to three stars, which represent, respectively, "a very good restaurant in its category," "excellent cooking, worth a detour," and, finally, "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey".
Based on assessments by a group of anonymous expert "inspectors," the tire maker turned fine-dining arbiter assigns between one and three stars (one for "a very good restaurant in its category"; two for "excellent cuisine, worth a detour"; three for "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey") to any restaurant deemed worthy in a given year.
