Thesaurus results for SALLIES

sallies 1 of 2

noun

plural of sally

as in excursions

a short trip for pleasure a morning sally out to see the historic monuments around the city

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as in jokes

something said or done to cause laughter the final sally made her laugh, and that ended the argument

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sallies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sally

as in traps

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Noun

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

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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

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Again, the things of life, the ups and downs, the laughs and the tears — this is Mike Leigh at his most humane and heartwarming in a film that seems to be about nothing really, but the universal truth of it all is about everything.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026
Having a bunch of huge favorites means one of them is about to see its entire hopeful offseason culminate in immediate disaster as everyone points and laughs.

— Jason Kirk, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of laughs

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Engineers completed 27 autonomous intercepts across eight sorties using the X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft, better known as VISTA.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
SpaceX aims to transfer cryogenic propellants between Starships in LEO, perhaps late this year or next year, in a precursor experiment for future large-scale refueling sorties to support Moon landings for NASA’s Artemis program.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Definition of sorties

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The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The initial experience of Shakespeare’s meter leads to a world of discovery of a man who quite literally changed the world with witticisms and insight and has shaped every corner of humanity since the 16th century.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026

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