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tourney

noun

ˈtu̇r-nē

Definition of tourney

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 There will be two games each day in the round-robin Thanksgiving tourney, with a single ticket providing admission to both. — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026 Persuade your fellow players to side with your silly and strongly held opinions in this town hall talk-’em-up tourney. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for tourney

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Indian cricketers have avoided handshakes with Pakistan players, and have refused to accept the trophy and medals from a Pakistani official at more than one tournament.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of tournament

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As the day winds down, get cozy in the living room for a game of cards and a glass of South African wine, or watch the sun set from the stone terrace.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Even Jeff, post-premiere, has been a delight, just kind of letting the game play out and not foisting metaphors upon us at Tribal Council.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026

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Decisions about industrial policy, infrastructure, public spending, and competition increasingly have to account not only for emissions but climate risk.

— Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
But could Cruise use his movie star promotion power to get himself into the best-actor Oscar competition, despite the film suffering from tepid reviews and a possibly paltry box office?

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026

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