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: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
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tourist
adjective or adverb
Synonyms of tourist
Examples of tourist in a Sentence
The museums attract a lot of tourists.
In the summer the town is filled with tourists.
The tourists defeated the home side.
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Some flights to the Middle East have been rerouted, and service to select destinations in or near the conflict zone has been curtailed, but domestic flights and those to popular international tourist destinations in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Oceania are largely unaffected.
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Zach Wichter, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2026
But just a few years after that dive, sightings of sharks here began to dwindle and the tourists stopped coming.
—Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
In the meantime, preliminary reports suggest that rain played a role in inciting chaos at the entrance of the fortress, after which 13 bodies were recovered at the tourist destination while another 17 were taken to a nearby hospital.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Edward Smith works at Marsh Harbour Boatyards, a boat storage and repair facility in the tourist destination, and was alerted by another employee that a man had stumbled onto the property talking about a key and a woman.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
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Zach Wichter, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2026
But just a few years after that dive, sightings of sharks here began to dwindle and the tourists stopped coming.
—Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
In the meantime, preliminary reports suggest that rain played a role in inciting chaos at the entrance of the fortress, after which 13 bodies were recovered at the tourist destination while another 17 were taken to a nearby hospital.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Edward Smith works at Marsh Harbour Boatyards, a boat storage and repair facility in the tourist destination, and was alerted by another employee that a man had stumbled onto the property talking about a key and a woman.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tourist
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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