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
Cochrane flew two sorties, one with Ben and Michael, another with Ray and Ben’s father.
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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
The aircraft traveled 86,000 nautical miles, with the sailors completing 23,000 hours of safe flight operations and about 11,000 sorties, Bauernschmidt told reporters from The Center Square and other media.
—Jamie Parsons, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
The July 24-28 clashes, the worst fighting between the countries in more than a decade, involved exchanges of artillery fire and jet fighter sorties that killed at least 43 and left over 300,000 people displaced on both sides.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
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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
The aircraft traveled 86,000 nautical miles, with the sailors completing 23,000 hours of safe flight operations and about 11,000 sorties, Bauernschmidt told reporters from The Center Square and other media.
—Jamie Parsons, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
The July 24-28 clashes, the worst fighting between the countries in more than a decade, involved exchanges of artillery fire and jet fighter sorties that killed at least 43 and left over 300,000 people displaced on both sides.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sortie
Noun
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Our six days at the lodge allowed for a variety of excursions.—
Idra Novey,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Supporters at the Edison Ballroom event helped to raise more than $350,000 that will bolster the nonprofit’s arts scholarships, cultural excursions and creative arts workshops for children who are in foster care.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Belau is the founder of Girls’ Guide to the World, a tour company that arranges roughly 80 international group trips a year primarily for Americans as well as travelers from other English-speaking countries.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Set in British Columbia and tied for the top national park in Canada, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is coastal paradise made up of more than 30 islands and islets complete with coves, beaches, and trails, according to the report from tour operator Journeyscape.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortie. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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