Thesaurus results for TOURS

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noun

Definition of tours

plural of tour

as in terms

a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position asked the soldiers to consider signing up for a second tour of duty

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tours

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tour

as in travels

to take a trip especially of some distance thought it would be lots of fun to tour all over Europe this summer

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Recent Examples of tours

Noun

The property also has a private landing stage, from which canal tours and even floating dinners can be arranged. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026 The podcast has also held live tours across 70 cities, including two shows at Radio City Music Hall, and led to a New York Times bestselling book, How to Giggle. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 Those who are severely injured or have reached a certain age can be discharged, and some special units reportedly offer limited tours of duty. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 Along with her longtime stylist Law Roach, the star embraced method dressing yet again for her press tours. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 Paul Durica is director of exhibitions at the Chicago History Museum and operates tours and events as the creator of Pocket Guide to Hell. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 Crane did three tours with SEAL Team Three, including on the platoon overseen by Chris Kyle. — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026 The album comes ahead of a 22-date North American that begins in early November and for which the producer born Simon Green is working with Pierre Claude, known for his work designing tours for artists including Air, Phoenix and Gessaffelstein. — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026 Head gardener Gérard Germaine, who has been tending to the century-old trees and 250 varieties of roses here for 18 years, still leads tours of the grounds. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

This summer, an LGBTQ+ cruise ship that tours the Mediterranean and has docked in Turkey multiple times in the past was refused permission to dock there. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 Best known as a member of boy band One Direction, Horan now tours with his solo music. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026 Although wine tastings are available daily by appointment, tours only available on weekends from December through July, outside of harvest season. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Fine-dining Anthology also returns with a tasting menu that tours through Italy. — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Longoria, who serves as an executive producer on the show, tours Dallas with DeMarcus Ware, who played nine seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 That myth — the adage that tours and festivals featuring all, or even primarily women, aren’t good business — has been around long before the days of Lilith Fair. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2026 When Christian tours the workroom after the teams have shopped at Mood, his reaction to Andriy’s team seems to align with Bobby’s. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026 None of them had heard of the Village People, which still tours in its latest incarnation, with a Willis lookalike on lead vocals. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tours

Noun

Pappas, who is giving up his House seat after four terms, raised twice as much money as Sununu and Brown combined and dwarfed his Democratic primary opponents, as well.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
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— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of terms

Noun

But a game at Maryland, where Franklin spent two stints as an assistant in the 2000s, will be the new coach’s first real test at Virginia Tech.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
The Chargers played their starters for brief stints in the team’s second and third preseason games, but clearly that wasn’t enough.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of stints

Verb

Carlos Manuel Vesga submitted the Pluribus episode where Manousos treks up through South America while accepting no help from the hive members, a showcase of defiant pride and a good bit of physically demanding work.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
The jukebox musical is built from Keys’ catalogue of R&B and soul hits, a semi-autobiographical story that treks through her Manhattan upbringing.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 May 2026

Definition of treks

Noun

The tenures of the two subsequent chief baseball executives, Billy Eppler and Minasian, were marred by Moreno’s intrusions, sources said.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
The Army secretary job has often been marked by turnover, with acting officials and tenures of roughly two years or less being common in the past two decades.

— Luis Martinez, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of tenures

Verb

And as the cops try to arrest them, only to realize their own jails aren’t accessible, the film expresses perfectly how the government trips over its own feet while resisting inevitable change.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Wheeler trips more often now and no longer rides his scooter around the cul de sac because of his deteriorating vision and poor coordination.

— Gerry Smith, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of trips

Verb

Read kicks this tale off with a meet-cute and an unconventional relationship, but finds authentic emotion and real social issues to power the characters’ journeys forward.

— Katie Walsh, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Mackelprang is an avid hiker who frequently journeys alone, PEOPLE understands.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026