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
Last year, Taiwan detected 5,105 Chinese sorties into its airspace.
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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
Prickly concedes that getting video of a hit often requires a second sortie, sometimes three or four.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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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
Prickly concedes that getting video of a hit often requires a second sortie, sometimes three or four.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sortie
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Onboard/Offboard is a series that explores the can't-miss highlights of our favorite cruises—from the shore excursions to book to the spa treatments too relaxing to pass up.—
Madison Flager,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Jan. 2026
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Only the longer journeys include excursions.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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Other cities just added to the tour include Norfolk, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Nashville and Lexington.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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From Kendrick Lamar’s bootcut jeans to Alexander Skarsgård’s kinky Pillion press tour looks, last year laid the groundwork for experimentation in a market that’s famously slower and less trend driven than women’s fashion.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortie. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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