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a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize
a golf tournament in which professionals compete against amateurs
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Recent Examples of tournaments
And in between, there are ample other events, tournaments and series that fashion should be watching.
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Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2026
So, before each day of training, not in Monte Carlo or Barcelona where tournaments were happening but back home in Florida, Echevarria and Shelton’s father would talk about what movement to focus on.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Club Locker now powers more than 500 annual tournaments, all of college squash, and hundreds of local leagues at nearly 900 facilities, connecting 160,000 players.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 Jan. 2026
The Monarchs have won six consecutive in-season tournaments.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 11 Jan. 2026
Clawcades host tournaments for local players.
—Anna Rahmanan, thehustle.co, 9 Jan. 2026
Before coming to Minnesota this year, the World Juniors title had been won by either Canada or the United States for the previous six tournaments.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
The women’s basketball teams at San Diego State and UC San Diego reached the 2025 NCAA Tournament by winning their conference tournaments.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Holiday tournaments are in the rearview.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2026
So, before each day of training, not in Monte Carlo or Barcelona where tournaments were happening but back home in Florida, Echevarria and Shelton’s father would talk about what movement to focus on.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Club Locker now powers more than 500 annual tournaments, all of college squash, and hundreds of local leagues at nearly 900 facilities, connecting 160,000 players.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 12 Jan. 2026
The Monarchs have won six consecutive in-season tournaments.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 11 Jan. 2026
Clawcades host tournaments for local players.
—Anna Rahmanan, thehustle.co, 9 Jan. 2026
Before coming to Minnesota this year, the World Juniors title had been won by either Canada or the United States for the previous six tournaments.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
The women’s basketball teams at San Diego State and UC San Diego reached the 2025 NCAA Tournament by winning their conference tournaments.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Holiday tournaments are in the rearview.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tournaments
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De Laurentiis took all the chaos in stride and was the expert judge for the cooking portion of the outrageous lineup of competitions.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Midwest's best winter fests include big-city ice-carving competitions as well as cozy small-town gatherings.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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Purdy missed eight of the first 10 games with a toe injury, Kittle was out six with hamstring and ankle injuries, and wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk went AWOL after a 2024 knee injury.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Though the Heat is returning home for three games, Miami won’t be heavily favored to win any of them.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
12 Jan. 2026
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And in between, there are ample other events, tournaments and series that fashion should be watching.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
13 Jan. 2026
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And events are designed around physiological reality.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The county has worked for months with UCSD and Scripps researchers to absorb the protocols created by local researchers, gradually fine-tuning models so that the data that the county’s process creates matches with what has already been collected and published by the research effort.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is playing host to nine World Cup matches between early June and mid-July.—
Josh Roberts,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Marty Supreme sees Timothée Chalamet portray a man named Marty Mauser, a pro table tennis player who dreams of winning the world championships in 1952.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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When asked about the committee’s spending, a spokesperson for McGuire’s campaign said the Super Bowl fundraiser was held alongside Atkins, who for years held fundraisers at the NFL championships.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Miami’s win Thursday improved the ACC’s record to 9-4 in bowl games and dropped the SEC to 2-8 this postseason (playoff and bowl games) in contests not involving two SEC schools.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Carolina is 7-3 in one-score contests.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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It’s filled to the brim with their most popular wares including leggings, sports bras, belt bags, and more.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is preparing for his team of lawyers to make their argument in front of the top court, a case defending the state's Save Women's Sports Act, which prohibits those who were assigned male at birth from playing on competitive female sports teams.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Werth tried the post-career life of leisure, signing up for pro-am golf tourneys.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
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Moments like that have been happening in easy to access tourneys across Massachusetts for that many years.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Tournaments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tournaments. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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