plural tourneys
Examples of tourney in a Sentence
Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
Carolina needed luck to back into the playoffs despite two straight losses and is by far the biggest Super Bowl betting underdog of the 14 teams in the SB tourney.
—Greg Cote
january 8, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The 2022-23 Big Ten regular season and tourney champs meet Saturday when No. 14 Indiana visits Iowa City.
—Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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Noun
That comeback victory over Tennessee, a game in which KU rallied from a 12-point deficit, came in the third-place game of the Players Era tourney in Las Vegas.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
Carolina needed luck to back into the playoffs despite two straight losses and is by far the biggest Super Bowl betting underdog of the 14 teams in the SB tourney.
—Greg Cote
january 8, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
The Big 12 regular season and tourney champs cruised past 16-seed SIU Edwardsville in the first round, but got a difficult test against 8-seed Gonzaga last Saturday.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
The 2022-23 Big Ten regular season and tourney champs meet Saturday when No. 14 Indiana visits Iowa City.
—Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Tourney.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tourney. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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