touring

noun

tour·​ing ˈtu̇r-iŋ How to pronounce touring (audio)
1
: participation in a tour
2
: cross-country skiing for pleasure

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Since then, Keneally has distinguished himself as a solo artist, with 30 albums to his credit, and as a dizzyingly eclectic studio and touring guitarist featured on more than 200 albums by other performers. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025 My first few months in the country were spent on the road as a touring guitar player. Jack Barlow, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025 And in a first for Hotline TNT, whose studio recordings had previously been the work of Anderson alone, the band’s touring quartet made the record together, across two sessions totaling a week. Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 18 June 2025 The residency follows a busy touring season for Isbell, who promoted his latest album, Foxes in the Snow, with a solo tour, including multiple nights at Nashville’s new venue, the Pinnacle. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for touring

Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of touring was in 1794

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“Touring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touring. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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