tourneys

noun

plural of tourney
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 Johannes has much more experience at major tourneys to go along with her Paris medal — three silver medals in the past three Eurobasket competitions and a Bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Games. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 Check the calendar for events like euchre and bingo tourneys, and scheduled food truck lineups. — Midwest Living, 1 July 2026 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. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tourneys
  1. tournaments
  2. games
  3. events
  4. competitions
Noun
  • For 16 years, Jamie Cox and her husband have been taking their four kids to soccer practice, games and tournaments throughout Johnson County.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In one of her first tournaments with the national team, heavily favored France was upset.
    — Eden Laase, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of tournaments
Noun
  • The Orioles scored only one run over their previous three games against Boston, but Joey Cantillo (9-9) did plenty to help them out of their slump, allowing 3 hits and 5 walks and hitting 2 batters in 2 1/3 innings.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • United ended their four-season sleeve sponsorship with DXC Technology in August, with the team instead wearing the standard Premier League sleeve patches, as required by league regulations, for the opening games.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of games
Noun
  • Then a bad pit stop set off a sequence of events that cost him dearly.
    — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The day’s events are measured in minutes, a ticking clock; the grief in years, a beating heart.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of events
Noun
  • The Wales international made 53 appearances in all competitions last season and has started both of Forest’s opening two Premier League games this term.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Su, remarkably skilled at intensifying the flavors of a single fruit or vegetable in a drink of many elements, had a knack for winning national cocktail competitions.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of competitions

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“Tourneys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourneys. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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