field trip
noun
: a visit (as to a factory, farm, or museum) made (as by students and a teacher) for purposes of firsthand observation
Examples of field trip in a Sentence
We took a class field trip to the power plant.
We went on a field trip.
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School kids arrived on field trips and groups lined up for exhibitions, taking the escalators up past the abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s vibrant, 83-foot-tall vertical window.
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
Trozzolo hopes the Media Tech Museum becomes a field trip destination for surrounding schools and colleges.
—Zuri Primos
june 3, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Singita also runs an onsite Environmental Education Center which hosts field trips for local community schools and trains budding conservationists.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
The boys were at the state park with over 50 students for a school field trip from Chicago, according to NBC 5 and Shaw Local.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
Trozzolo hopes the Media Tech Museum becomes a field trip destination for surrounding schools and colleges.
—Zuri Primos
june 3, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Singita also runs an onsite Environmental Education Center which hosts field trips for local community schools and trains budding conservationists.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
The boys were at the state park with over 50 students for a school field trip from Chicago, according to NBC 5 and Shaw Local.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for field trip
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“Field trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20trip. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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