plural tourneys
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Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Cj Moore, New York Times, 9 May 2026
How did the very bad, very unnecessary idea of tourney expansion take hold?
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 May 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
The idea is that adding six automatic qualifiers for an opening-round game gives those schools and conferences more opportunities for tourney victories.
—Cj Moore, New York Times, 9 May 2026
How did the very bad, very unnecessary idea of tourney expansion take hold?
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 May 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 16 May. 2026.
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