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
For two teams that can score points in bunches, there was little elegance for much of their first meeting since the 2012 NCAA tourney, when the Wildcats beat Iowa State in the second round on their way to winning the national championship.
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ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Yet Iowa State took an early exit at the Big 12 tourney, and it’s lost three of four heading into Saturday.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
All told, the tourney generates more than $1 billion in sales over the course of its 67-game run.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The chant went viral this season on the way to LIU’s first NCAA tourney appearance in eight years.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Yet Iowa State took an early exit at the Big 12 tourney, and it’s lost three of four heading into Saturday.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
All told, the tourney generates more than $1 billion in sales over the course of its 67-game run.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The chant went viral this season on the way to LIU’s first NCAA tourney appearance in eight years.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tourney
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Outside the arena, the NCAA March Madness Fan Fest drew crowds with music, food and activities, adding to the tournament atmosphere.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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His points were the most by a Texas player in an NCAA Tournament game since Kevin Durant scored 30 against USC in the second round of the 2007 tournament.—
Janie McCauley,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Calgary will look to carry its momentum into a difficult six-game road trip that begins Monday against the league-leading Colorado Avalanche.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The first World Cup game in Kansas City won’t take place until June 16.—
Dan Kelly
March 29,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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The event features a diverse lineup of live music and art along with food, craft beverages and art installations.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Justin Gaethje, lightweight interim champion — Coming off an upset of Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324 in January to claim the interim belt, Gaethje will face Ilia Topuria in the main event of the UFC White House card on June 14.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
31 Mar. 2026
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One of the two women's boxing gold medalists at the center of the gender controversy in Paris, Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, has passed her gene test and can return to competition, the World Boxing governing body said last week.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Sora rollback is part of a broader shift within OpenAI, once the undisputed frontrunner in the AI race that now faces serious competition from rivals such as Anthropic and Google.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Tourney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourney. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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