as in excursions
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 sorties
The fighting included fighter jet sorties, exchanges of rocket fire and artillery barrages.
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CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
In Ukraine, its 30 operators regularly travel between cities to support mission planning, monitor sorties, and troubleshoot in real time to adapt to new threats and feed lessons learned back into the V-BAT.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
Beijing's forces have in recent years ratcheted up pressure through large-scale military drills and near-daily air sorties across the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 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
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
CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
In Ukraine, its 30 operators regularly travel between cities to support mission planning, monitor sorties, and troubleshoot in real time to adapt to new threats and feed lessons learned back into the V-BAT.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
Beijing's forces have in recent years ratcheted up pressure through large-scale military drills and near-daily air sorties across the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorties
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The best—and arguably most fun—way to support them is by booking a seat on a vintage stainless steel passenger car for one of their many excursions now boarding in Nashville.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2026
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The concierge team can make anything a reality from a private day trip with a gourmet picnic to visiting Hot Springs Cove via boat or floatplane, to bear-watching excursions with local outfitter James Whaling Station.—
Jennie Nunn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Since most large-scale tours don’t begin until late spring or summer, now is an ideal time to see artists who might not have household-name recognition.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Riesenberg, who is an owner at Backcountry Snowmobiling in Park City, Utah, said customers have been canceling their tours due to a lack of snow.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Sorties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorties. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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