as in tournaments
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 tourneys
In addition to men’s, women’s and senior amateur tourneys, check into the Frost Off event at Kennedy, the Elk Scat Scramble at Evergreen and the Master’s Scramble at Willis Case.
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Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
But after entering the 2021 and 2022 play-in tourneys as the East’s 10th-place team, Charlotte was eliminated in the first game of both play-ins.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
They were eliminated from the SEC tournament Tuesday afternoon before some of us even recognized that the conference tourneys had begun, losing to Ole Miss, which was a 4-14 team during the regular season.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
Quinnipiac was the last to win three straight conference tourneys (2017-19).
—ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
Conference tourneys are just underway across both men’s and women’s hoops.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
In boys tourneys, Hagerty continued its winning ways as the champ in the 40th Annual Flagler Rotary Tournament.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
Werth tried the post-career life of leisure, signing up for pro-am golf tourneys.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
Moments like that have been happening in easy to access tourneys across Massachusetts for that many years.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
But after entering the 2021 and 2022 play-in tourneys as the East’s 10th-place team, Charlotte was eliminated in the first game of both play-ins.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
They were eliminated from the SEC tournament Tuesday afternoon before some of us even recognized that the conference tourneys had begun, losing to Ole Miss, which was a 4-14 team during the regular season.
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
Quinnipiac was the last to win three straight conference tourneys (2017-19).
—ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
Conference tourneys are just underway across both men’s and women’s hoops.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
In boys tourneys, Hagerty continued its winning ways as the champ in the 40th Annual Flagler Rotary Tournament.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
Werth tried the post-career life of leisure, signing up for pro-am golf tourneys.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
Moments like that have been happening in easy to access tourneys across Massachusetts for that many years.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tourneys
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The stadium was built in 2003 with the potential to host soccer tournaments in mind.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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San Diego’s two golf teams in NCAA tournaments played better Tuesday, but continued to be below the cutline entering Wednesday’s final qualifying rounds.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
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Its teams play 38 games each per season and its latest domestic broadcast deal was worth $9 billion, at current exchange rates, over a four-year period.—
James Robson,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Through the first two games of the Western Conference Finals, Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has produced numbers not seen at this stage of the postseason in roughly 50 years.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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About 1,000 children with intellectual disabilities from 26 states and Canada who ranged in age from 8 to 18 gathered at Soldier Field in Chicago to compete in 200 events.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Three species of bats inhabit the site, and supernatural events—including the appearance of the gamekeeper’s ghost and the wail of a banshee—have been reported.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
22 May 2026
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Kids join travel teams, spending hours driving to competitions with other mini-athletes, and parents become super-parents, spending more hours with their children than in previous generations.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
22 May 2026
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From robot competitions to real-world testing The tea challenge is one of the real-world activities organized as part of the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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“Tourneys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourneys. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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