grand tour
noun
1
: an extended tour of the Continent that was formerly a usual part of the education of young British gentlemen
2
: an extensive and usually educational tour
Examples of grand tour in a Sentence
They offered to give us a grand tour of their new house.
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Leo’s day trip marks the midway point of his summer 2026 grand tour of Italy, in which the American pope has scheduled a series of Saturday day trips up and down the peninsula and its islands to get to know his new flock.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
That gives it a clean sweep of cycling’s three grand tours.
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Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
The stage finished in a bunch sprint, with XDS Astana’s Guillermo Thomas Silva getting his first grand tour stage win.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, launched in 1977 on a grand tour of the outer solar system.
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Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
20 Apr. 2026
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
That gives it a clean sweep of cycling’s three grand tours.
—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
The stage finished in a bunch sprint, with XDS Astana’s Guillermo Thomas Silva getting his first grand tour stage win.
—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, launched in 1977 on a grand tour of the outer solar system.
—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
20 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for grand tour
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“Grand tour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grand%20tour. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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