as in excursion
a short trip for pleasure
an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores
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Recent Examples of sortie
British Typhoons carried out their first Eastern Sentry sortie on September 21.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Last year, Taiwan detected 5,105 Chinese sorties into its airspace.
—Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2025
Steadfast Noon is scheduled to run through the week, with participating aircraft returning to home bases once training sorties conclude.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Cochrane flew two sorties, one with Ben and Michael, another with Ray and Ben’s father.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Last year, Taiwan detected 5,105 Chinese sorties into its airspace.
—Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2025
Steadfast Noon is scheduled to run through the week, with participating aircraft returning to home bases once training sorties conclude.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Cochrane flew two sorties, one with Ben and Michael, another with Ray and Ben’s father.
—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sortie
Noun
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The resulting chronicle, organized around those excursions, is also an essay about history, national cultures, and politics.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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The cruise starts in Lisbon on July 30, 2027, and includes stops in Marbella and Málaga, with one excursion or activity included at every port.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On Tuesday and Thursday mornings, there are free tours in English.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
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Only two members of the friends’ group survived, as well as a guide and two other skiers on the tour.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortie. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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