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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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

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Carl Schuster, who served three tours on the Lincoln’s sister ship, the USS Nimitz, in the late 1970s and 1980s, said life aboard can be isolating, especially for enlisted crew who work deep inside the 100,000-ton carriers. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Nearly three-quarters of its humanoid revenue came from research and education in the first nine months of 2025, while corporate tours made up more than half of its still-small industrial business, a company filing showed. — Elaine Yu,anniek Bao, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 This button-down shirt will work overtime in your suitcase as a versatile travel wardrobe staple, while keeping you cool and dry while hiking, on walking tours, and of course, at TSA checkpoints. — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2026 Founded in 1990, Creativeman Productions promotes concerts, tours, and destination events under the leadership of CEO Naoki Shimizu. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026 There will be trolley rides with live music onboard in addition to handcar rides, food trucks and tours of the museum. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 For example, the house has organized ad hoc wine tastings and vineyard tours in France for its VVIP clients. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Which also means that some hotels, tours, and cruises are already starting to book up. — Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 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

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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 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

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Penalties for unlawful possession of firearms in Thailand include prison terms from 1 to 10 years and fines of up to 20,000 baht ($600).

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
The alternative—exiting with no deal—meant trading with the EU and other countries on the terms of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which was predicted to cause severe economic disruption.

— Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026

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But the moon's low gravity — around 17% that of Earth — means the dust that an impact stirs up travels a long way and takes a long time to settle, McDowell said.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Watch On In 15th-century Japan, Ashitaka (Yoji Matsuda), the prince of a dying kingdom called Emishi, is infected by a forest demon and travels west searching for a forest god that provides a cure.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of travels

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Puhm served as lead AI artist on Free Leonard Peltier, a Sundance 2025 documentary, and had stints as a writer at Leonine Studios’ Wiedemann & Berg TV and Red Bull Media’s Terra Mater Studios.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
Related Stories The disclosure landed midway through the band’s Arirang World Tour, which launched in South Korea in April and reunited all seven members for the first time in years following their individual stints in the military.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of stints

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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

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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

Standard rooms already feel generous by Vegas standards, and suites step up to apartment-like layouts, with separate living areas that make longer stays or work trips more comfortable.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
An agent holding valid credentials, performing thousands of plausible-looking actions across four days, trips neither alarm.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of trips

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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