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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Our greeting is drowned out by a cacophony of nearby construction and clusters of energetic children on field trips shuffling down the pathway — in the distance, a row of yellow school buses that snake the perimeter stand guard.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Urban adventures takes campers on amazing daily field trip adventures to the Bay Area’s best museums, activities and urban attractions.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Urban adventures takes campers on amazing daily field trip adventures to the Bay Area’s best museums, activities and urban attractions.
—Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
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 4 May. 2024.
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