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excursions

noun

plural of excursion
1
as in tours
a short trip for pleasure our weekend excursions have encompassed virtually all parts of our home state

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2
as in tangents
a departure from the subject under consideration the professor's frequent and sometimes far-ranging excursions in his lectures are the stuff of campus legend

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Recent Examples of excursions Most importantly, Quebec’s largest city boasts fantastic accommodations as a homebase between all your excursions. — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026 Pick your own adventure of dining options, kids clubs, water activities, live shows, a casino, and off-boat excursions. — Alesa Andrew, Parents, 10 Sep. 2026 Many of the excursions centered around beach visits, botanical gardens, and water sport activities. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026 Addressing one of aviation’s largest risks Runway excursions remain one of aviation’s most prevalent accident risks. — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 Pack a waterproof phone pouch Between pool decks and water excursions, there’s no shortage of chances to have a phone slip out of your grasp and straight into water. — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2026 Judging by our social feeds, more Americans are taking European excursions more often than before. — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026 In addition to bringing the standard ten essentials for outdoor excursions, consider what special tools your dog will need. — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 Epicureans will appreciate exclusive dinners with chefs and wine-tasting excursions in a Maltese vineyard, while visits to the ateliers of internationally renowned artists, designers, and perfumiers personalize shopping opportunities. — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excursions
  1. tours
  2. tangents
  3. travels
  4. outings
  5. expeditions
  6. jaunts
Noun
  • The property also has a private landing stage, from which canal tours and even floating dinners can be arranged.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The podcast has also held live tours across 70 cities, including two shows at Radio City Music Hall, and led to a New York Times bestselling book, How to Giggle.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of tours
Noun
  • Its loose structure allows for a wealth of tangents, touching on everything from whether HBO shows have the right amount of nudity to the hosts’ personal lives.
    — Daniel Strauss, Vanity Fair, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In contrast to this, in regions dominated by shock waves, magnetic fields are orientated at tangents.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of tangents
Noun
  • Its walls are lined with shelf upon shelf of bottles acquired during his travels — pouring beers from popular brewing companies, the wares of which can often be difficult to come by and aren’t typically found on other bars’ tap lists.
    — Brandon Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Here are some of Nicole Kidman’s best photos from her travels over the years.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of travels
Noun
  • McLean has built on his stupendous 2025 late-season cameo by making every start and consistently delivering quality outings.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Perez has only pitched more than five innings twice in his past eight outings.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of outings
Noun
  • However, Pandey also expressed interest in having his company test the Freefly drones in support of mountaineering expeditions.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The design keeps the focus on expeditions and wildlife, from art to screens projecting videos of Antarctica or the Arctic in all their pristine glory.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of expeditions
Noun
  • But the 408-foot-tall (124-meter-tall) vehicle's first 13 jaunts were all suborbital, so Flight 14 will be a landmark.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In the past, this has mostly looked like weekend jaunts to the Emerald Coast with a caravan of cars traveling down I-65 from Birmingham.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of jaunts

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