as in tournament
a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Recent Examples of tourney
Matt Fitzpatrick won the tourney in a playoff over Scottie Scheffler.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Anyone that wanted to reserve time in the July 19 final was beholden to a full-tourney pledge of as much as $30 million, although your mileage will vary based on any number of extrinsic variables.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Gladiatorial combat was not a wild scrum, like the melee in a medieval tourney.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
That’s exactly what happened the past two times the Hornets made the play-in tourney, in 2021 and 2022 (both of those games were on the road).
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Anyone that wanted to reserve time in the July 19 final was beholden to a full-tourney pledge of as much as $30 million, although your mileage will vary based on any number of extrinsic variables.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Gladiatorial combat was not a wild scrum, like the melee in a medieval tourney.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
That’s exactly what happened the past two times the Hornets made the play-in tourney, in 2021 and 2022 (both of those games were on the road).
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tourney
Noun
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Upon her return to Ring of Honor, she was thrust into a tournament to determine the first ROH women’s pure champion.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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The new, 76-team brackets will jam eight extra games — for a total of 12 involving 24 teams — into the front half of the first week of the men’s and the women’s tournaments.—
Eddie Pells,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
Noun
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After a brief interlude of distracted play, the game got vigorous and testy.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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The Celtics struggled from the 3-point line for the third straight game, finishing 13 of 49.—
Kyle Hightower,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Noun
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But the events of the last three years have left me confused and altered our relationship.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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Allen was injured but was not shot during the April 25 attack at the Washington Hilton, which disrupted one of the highest-profile annual events in the nation’s capital.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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Friendly competition is part of the fuel for starter Davis Martin.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The concept of everyone coming together for one evening — and pausing their competition for the good of the overall TV business — had some legs.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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“Tourney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourney. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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