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 neighborhood/area Litchfield County is an absolute gem, with plenty of farm tours, hikes, and antiques shops in downtown Washington. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026 The Leaky Tiki Mug was featured on one of Sac Ohana’s tours of home bars. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 While theater and dance and certain types of music tours tend to fall within the school year calendar of September to May, some of the biggest comedy stars can be found visiting Connecticut in late summer. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026 Horse Country, a nonprofit that organizes farm tours across the region, is a natural add-on for anyone who wants to see where the horses running at Keeneland actually live. — Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Both use full suspension, and the company is pitching them as all-rounders for daily commuting, forest paths, and longer tours. — New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026 Maybe there’s a trip in the cards once the press tours are over. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026 In the San Diego area, a family found out someone had reposted photos from their actual rental listing and was setting up tours in exchange for cash, according to a CBS 8 News report. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026 The Kennedy Center is temporarily suspending free public tours of the performing arts venue after a volunteer tour guide spoke with the New York Times about President Donald Trump‘s efforts to gut the cultural institution. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026

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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 America's Got Talent finalist Daniel Emmet, who tours with Foster, also accompanied them. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026 Lee Cowan tours what is described as an immersive experience in the life and legacy of the 26th president, as well as the nature that shaped both Roosevelt and his vision of America. — David Morgan, CBS News, 19 June 2026 Boat tours on the Loch also leave from Luss – provided you don’t miss the boarding call. — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 14 June 2026 The governor, in the meantime, tours the nation and world in pursuit of the next rung on the political ladder. — George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2026 The North Carolina Estuarium is another highlight, with Pamlico River tours as well as 200 exhibits on estuaries and coastal rivers. — Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tours

Noun

Speaking before the Cassazione delivered its ruling, Spinelle had been coming to terms with being separated from his family for good.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Exact terms of the extension, including how many extra years were added to Cristobal’s contract, were not given.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

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Those skills are put to similar use in Tony, in which Bourdain travels to Provincetown on a whim in hopes of impressing a girl (Emilia Jones) by lying about receiving a fellowship to write a novel.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
The film follows Souleymane Everston Adowo Freudenreich, an Afro-German trans man who travels to Dakar, Senegal, to repair his father’s kora.

— Roberto Prieto, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of travels

Noun

Elliott was a college head coach between her stints as a UConn assistant, and Berube has been successful at Tufts and Princeton and is now at Northwestern.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026
Allen has coached in the NFL since 2002, including two stints as a head coach.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of stints

Verb

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
As announced by Alex Cora over the weekend, top Red Sox hitting prospect Franklin Arias will start at shortstop when the club treks up to Dunedin to face the Toronto Blue Jays.

— Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2026

Definition of treks

Noun

U’Ren cut his teeth with the Golden State Warriors and both of the Sparks’ interim GMs only joined the WNBA in 2026 after long NBA tenures, and moving an expiring contract is the type of deal that frequently gets done on the men’s side.

— Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Longest tenures in Class 7A North Cobb’s Shane Queen continues to lead the highest classification in consecutive seasons with the same school, at 21.

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of tenures

Verb

In a world where AI will build almost anything it is asked to, competitiveness can come from knowing which journeys to avoid spending money and time on.

— Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Season 2 of the show is already in production and will pick up where the first season left off as the family journeys toward their new home in Walnut Grove, Minn.

— Mariah Alanskas, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026