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

Zodiac wildlife tours go out regardless of weather; on ours, a humpback, a mother-and-calf gray whale, an orca, and otters clapping their paws like an audience all made an appearance. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026 Diller, who had significant tours of duty in Hollywood at Paramount and Fox before entering the digital media business, made an offer to buy Paramount before Skydance ultimately acquired it in 2025. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026 Tour companies such as Intrepid Travel, Trafalgar, and Abercrombie & Kent have included the museum in their itineraries for 2026 Egypt tours. — Connie Etemadi, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 Major uptown venues like Blumenthal Arts showcase big-budget national tours, but rental costs can be out of reach for community groups bound by ticket-pricing restrictions. — Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026 Attractions, tours and dining 20% off The Mob Museum & Speakeasy. — James Powel, USA Today, 22 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 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

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

Over the weekend, the sides hashed out potential terms of a settlement.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of terms

Verb

With Northern Trust serving clients from locations in Asia, Europe, Australia and North America, O’Grady travels the globe all the time.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Her cause of death was determined to be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis (DVT), in which a blood clot travels to the lungs and blocks an artery, the BBC reported.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of travels

Noun

On the small screen, the New Jersey native earned an Emmy Award for a guest role on ER and landed stints on Shades of Blue and Hanna.

— Glenn Garner, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Reinhart’s vintage Elie Saab moment comes at a time when several high-profile stars are turning back the clock and looking to the runway from the early aughts and ’90s for their red carpet and project promotional tour stints.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 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

Bob Chesney joined Terry Donahue and Jim Mora as the only coaches to start their UCLA tenures 3-0.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Skip Schumaker’s history with late-season runs The first-year Rangers manager is deprecating about his playing career as mostly a utility player, which lasted from 2005 to 2015 and covered tenures with the Cardinals, Dodgers and Reds.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 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