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noun

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plural of jaunt

as in excursions

a short trip for pleasure took a leisurely jaunt up to the mountains for the day

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verb

present tense third-person singular of jaunt

as in trips

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Noun

For further-afield jaunts, the hotel has complimentary bicycles to borrow that allow guests to try locals’ preferred mode of transportation. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026 Her mother did the same—packing sack lunches for daylong jaunts through the maritime oak forest—even into her nineties. —

Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026 Once-common jaunts across the border to shop are out of the picture. —

Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026 Carnival Vista and Mardi Gras also stop at the brand’s newest private destination there during their year-round jaunts in the Caribbean out of Port Canaveral. —

David Dickstein, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026 One of the main pillars was the communal bond between all the principal players — NASCAR executives, team owners, drivers, sponsors and media partners — forged during fishing trips, jaunts in New York City or other fun outings away from the track. —

Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Even as the gnarled guitar of their early EPs gave way to the jangly jaunts of 2022’s Stumpwork, the band could feel secure in the knowledge that any song featuring Shaw on vocals will sound like a Dry Cleaning song and nothing but. —

Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2026 Taxis, which operate with fixed (if somewhat elevated) rates, are readily available and convenient for short jaunts across the island. —

Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026 Chef Ty Leon, bar director Austin Carson and hospitality director Heather Morrison are taking influence from their jaunts to the region for their Italian food and liquor. —

Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026

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From yoga classes at the crack of dawn to excursions that range from whale-watching to geological expeditions and beyond, the staff here make magic happen.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
After multiple excursions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), biologists can finally confirm one fish species that sometimes gives adept human rock climbers a run for their money.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2026