tourney

noun

ˈtu̇r-nē How to pronounce tourney (audio)
Definition of tourneynext
as in tournament
a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney

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Recent Examples of tourney Sebastian Salazar and Jess Sims interview the Little Leaguers and share stories from around the tourney. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The tour previously called off a June tourney in New Orleans. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Ultimately, she was greeted by the tourney namesake for the awards. — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The scenes of violence, including during the tourney and the battles that follow, are big, immersive and captivating. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tourney
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  1. tournament
  2. game
  3. event
  4. competition
Noun
  • Finding community Amid the rise of pickleball tournaments and run clubs, fitness activities are increasingly becoming a venue for social connection.
    — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • From the end of August through mid-September, the world’s greatest tennis players will convene in Queens, New York, to compete in the Grand Slam tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of tournament
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  • The company recently detailed plans to move into K-dramas and game publishing through its subsidiary WebsCreative, including agreements around two unannounced, fully cast K-drama projects with major Korean broadcasters.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • And in 2023, Parton, at 77 years old, donned the iconic and revealing Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders outfit to perform the halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day game between the Cowboys and the Washington Commanders.
    — Stephen L. Betts, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of game
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  • More details on where the event will be held, who will speak and what makes the slate are due out in the coming weeks.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • On its call with investors, management said the conference sold out in early August and is its largest pipeline-generation event of the year.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of event
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  • But as more money and bigger names entered, competition grew fiercer, pushing a drive to export the dramas overseas for more revenue — and use whatever means available to cut costs.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • While ChatGPT’s release in late 2022, helped spark a flurry of competition and advances for large language models, the same idea isn’t easily applied to robots because of their complexity.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of competition

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“Tourney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourney. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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