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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King lets the nearby Fern Hollow Nature Center use his property and lake, letting little kids learn to fish during summer programs and field trips.
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Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
Until last month, their longest stretch apart came when Bello went on a multi-day field trip in seventh grade.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The bus was carrying 25 students and five adults on a field trip when the crash occurred.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System said in a statement that the bus was transporting students and employees from Kenwood Middle School to Jackson, Tennessee, for a field trip.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
Until last month, their longest stretch apart came when Bello went on a multi-day field trip in seventh grade.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
The bus was carrying 25 students and five adults on a field trip when the crash occurred.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System said in a statement that the bus was transporting students and employees from Kenwood Middle School to Jackson, Tennessee, for a field trip.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 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 1 Apr. 2026.
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