Thesaurus results for JUNKETS

junkets 1 of 2

noun

plural of junket

as in excursions

a short trip for pleasure took a junket to the city for some sightseeing and shopping

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verb

present tense third-person singular of junket

as in honors

to entertain with a fancy meal a lobbyist who regularly junkets politicians who are friendly toward the oil industry

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Recent Examples of junkets

Noun

Xi has spent recent weeks on a rare series of overseas diplomatic junkets, sharing his own pitch for China’s leadership and worldview. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026 The aides arranged press junkets, invented sources, and planted stories that brazenly inverted popular views. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Bullock and Kidman have been doing the talk shows, the junkets, and even Therapuss. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026 Creators often give much more detail than similar postings by traditional media that use short-form presentations or are filmed during press junkets. — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026 John Henry Days poked fun at press junkets while asking serious questions about the man behind the myth. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 More Choice is funded by Independent Voters Project, an advocacy nonprofit that backed the 2010 top two system and sponsors annual junkets for state lawmakers in Hawaii and Mexico alongside business leaders. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026 When studio movies come to the Croisette, they’re accompanied by stars on the red carpet and parties and marketing junkets. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 May 2026 In a few famous cases, star appearances on promotion junkets exacerbated personal conflicts to stimulate audience interest. — Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for junkets

Noun

Day trip options include excursions to rum distillery Appleton Estate and a visit to YS Falls for ziplining and swimming.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Transfers, formalities, excursions, and ground transportation are handled throughout.

— Guy Bigiaoui, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of excursions

Verb

Peach honors the fruit closely associated with the state, and white represents the dogwood, Georgia's state flower.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
The recognition honors Endaya’s more than five decades of pioneering work in feminist and socially engaged art.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of honors

Noun

Since then, over 85 million passengers have been welcomed aboard its numerous cruise experiences, which range from holiday lights tours to summer sunset experiences.

— ElleAnna Revell, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
Boldface names were offered tours of the oasis of AlUla and its vast sandstone canyons.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of tours

Verb

Trump regularly regales audiences with his prowess as a dealmaker by recounting conversations he's had with Macron about trade irritants, mimicking Macron's responses in an exaggerated accent.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Aboard the boat, Terry regales his passengers with tales of the river, from namesake Twain to tragic Lovers' Leap just downstream of Hannibal.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 31 May 2026

Definition of regales

Verb

Different assumptions give different answers, and because each step feeds the next, the differences grow – what scientists call cascading uncertainty.

— Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
That underdog context feeds into the implicit soft power competition between the Toho Godzilla releases and the American franchise from Legendary, which has spouted a whole Monsterverse involving King Kong and an accompanying TV show.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of feeds

Verb

Jordan Clarkson, New York Clarkson rebirthed his career in New York as a role-playing bench wing who feasts on offensive boards (no, really) and plays more defense than the Utah version.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Well, Sydney feasts a little bit at the end.

— Claire Messud, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026

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