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: one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture
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tourist
adjective or adverb
Examples of tourist in a Sentence
The museums attract a lot of tourists.
In the summer the town is filled with tourists.
The tourists defeated the home side.
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Visit in the fall or spring for breathing room, with fewer tourists and cooler temperatures.
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Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Emaar has invested $4 billion in Marassi North Coast, which employs around 20,000 people on-site and has already welcomed around four million tourists since April this year, says Alabbar.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The area is already a tourist hub in the summer months, and PF’s Nebraska state coordinator Kelsi Wehrman says the local community has welcomed the prospect of bringing in more hunters during the fall and winter months.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
The video is simultaneously a provocative advertisement for Aryubi’s company—as well as an encouragement for tourists to visit Afghanistan.
—T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
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Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Emaar has invested $4 billion in Marassi North Coast, which employs around 20,000 people on-site and has already welcomed around four million tourists since April this year, says Alabbar.
—Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The area is already a tourist hub in the summer months, and PF’s Nebraska state coordinator Kelsi Wehrman says the local community has welcomed the prospect of bringing in more hunters during the fall and winter months.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
The video is simultaneously a provocative advertisement for Aryubi’s company—as well as an encouragement for tourists to visit Afghanistan.
—T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tourist
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“Tourist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourist. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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