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
American fighters and fighter-bombers flew over 212,000 sorties against German forces between D-Day and the end of the war.
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Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
Last year, Taipei tracked over 3,000 Chinese warplane sorties in its air defense zone, nearly double the figure recorded in each of the previous two years, according to PLATracker, a public dataset maintained by U.S. analysts Gerald C. Brown and Benjamin Lewis.
—John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
In recent years, China, which has vowed to bring Taiwan under its control, by force if necessary, has stepped up military activities around the island, including simulated blockades and near-daily sorties across the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The scope of their work is described as patrolling the Mississippi River, X-ray examinations of food, drink and merchandise trucks that entered the venue area, air sorties as well as deploying several units to support local, state and federal law enforcement.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
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Carl Burdette, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
Last year, Taipei tracked over 3,000 Chinese warplane sorties in its air defense zone, nearly double the figure recorded in each of the previous two years, according to PLATracker, a public dataset maintained by U.S. analysts Gerald C. Brown and Benjamin Lewis.
—John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
In recent years, China, which has vowed to bring Taiwan under its control, by force if necessary, has stepped up military activities around the island, including simulated blockades and near-daily sorties across the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
The scope of their work is described as patrolling the Mississippi River, X-ray examinations of food, drink and merchandise trucks that entered the venue area, air sorties as well as deploying several units to support local, state and federal law enforcement.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sortie
Noun
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That three-day excursion would have set us back about $6,000 CAD.—
Lindsay A. Fleming,
Time,
15 Aug. 2025
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Guests also enjoy access to a beachfront restaurant, wellness services, yoga classes, and yachting excursions.—
Geoff Whitmore,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Other career highlights include being a frequent guest conductor of the Civic Orchestra, his former stomping grounds; leading the Hawai’i Symphony on a tour of the islands; and conducting Daniel Barenboim in the Emperor Concerto with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Italy.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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At club level, Talk of the Devils, as well as embarking on a five-date tour of UK and Ireland later in the year, is bringing video versions of its episodes to its adoring fanbase.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortie. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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