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: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
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tourist
adjective or adverb
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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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By January 1990, more than 150 sea lions swarmed the docks, drawing tourists who had avoided the area for months after the earthquake.
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
This isn’t the first measure Japan has taken to tackle overcrowding at popular tourist hot spots.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2024
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Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
This isn’t the first measure Japan has taken to tackle overcrowding at popular tourist hot spots.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2024
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 13 May. 2024.
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