as in stint
a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position
asked the soldiers to consider signing up for a second tour of duty
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as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance
thought it would be lots of fun to tour all over Europe this summer
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Recent Examples of tour
Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
The tour will kick off with three nights in Goyang, South Korea, before heading to Tokyo for two nights.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
This doesn’t mean Cyrus plans to tour again.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Throughout the film’s press tour, eagle-eyed fans have noticed that Zendaya has been sporting both her engagement ring and a gold wedding band, fueling further speculation about whether her actual wedding to Holland has taken place.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
The tour will kick off with three nights in Goyang, South Korea, before heading to Tokyo for two nights.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
Spring’s touring theater productions are a mix of old standbys and new shows.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026
This doesn’t mean Cyrus plans to tour again.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tour
Noun
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Miller left Xavier after his second stint at the school a year ago for Texas, and the Xavier faithful haven't forgotten.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Wild had a long stint in their offensive zone before Johansson found Zuccarello for his 13th goal.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Earlier this week, an asteroid weighing about 7 tons and traveling at 45,000 mph traveled over multiple states.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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While a new museum for its display is being built in Jerusalem, a selection of objects has traveled to the United States for the first time.—
Sarah Kozlowski,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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In heavily Democratic Illinois, where the last Republican elected to the Senate was Mark Kirk in 2010 and the GOP’s last statewide victory came in 2014, the Democratic nominee is the prohibitive favorite in November to replace Durbin following a 30-year tenure in the Senate.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Since Leavitt’s arrival in February, Chicago has scored $8,049,526, making the Mormon Wives star’s initial six-week tenure the highest-grossing six-week span in the revival’s history at the Ambassador Theatre.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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Guests can trek with the chef into neighboring farmland to forage alongside the Hmong hill tribe for wild herbs such as mint, butterfly pea flowers, mushrooms, and acacia leaves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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But Bhatta had stored his ice ax — the crucial tool needed to arrest a slide — out of reach in his pack, opting instead for trekking poles.—
Gregory Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In technical terms, the law also states that forces always occur in pairs.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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Being vocally left-leaning thus provides social status benefits and forms of self-congratulation that being conservative doesn't (if anything, in terms of the broader culture and the opinion-formulating institutions, conservatism tends to be rather lonely and something of a social liability).—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Less than a minute into the game, Wild defenseman Brock Faber went to the penalty box for tripping and the Rangers converted on the ensuing power play.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Nor is the scene in which Cory trips on mushrooms on Hollywood Boulevard (which is probably true of half the people walking there).—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
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After finding out survivors — including his wife, Teri (Enuka Okuma) — remain in the outside world in the Season 1 finale, Xavier (Brown) embarks on a quest to find her, journeying out from the Paradise bunker for the first time since the planet’s destruction.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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The film unfolds through poetic and carefully composed images of the girls journeying through the mountainous landscape – an environment that reflects the girls’ inner world, according to Chen, capturing that fragile moment before childhood gives way to adulthood.—
Lise Pedersen,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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Ahead of the week’s worst heat, some Bay Area residents voyaged outside to enjoy the sun and unseasonably balmy conditions.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Stationed in Singapore, the vessel will voyage entirely at sea, with no port calls.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Tour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tour. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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