Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Brantley is top seed in District 3 and is set to play a Tuesday semifinal and the Wednesday final at tourney host Apopka (19-6).—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026 The Heat needed to take part in the NBA’s play-in tournament for the fourth straight year, but this time lost and was eliminated in the play-in tourney for the first time before getting to the playoffs.—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for tourney
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French torneier, to twist, whirl around, fight, tourney, from tur, tourn turning, circuit