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triathlons

noun

plural of triathlon
as in tournaments

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Recent Examples of triathlons Erica Fox was a swimmer and triathlete who had done two half-Ironmans and numerous other triathlons and who for almost 20 years did an annual triathlon called Escape From Alcatraz, her father said. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for triathlons
  1. tournaments
  2. sports
  3. competitions
  4. tourneys
  5. contests
  6. events
  7. bouts
  8. games
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
  • Posing for the sports trading app Novig, Sweeney has stirred a debate regarding oversexualization in the world of advertising.
    — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Tight end Travis Kelce doesn’t seem to be one to keep many of his sports mementos, and the proof could be seen in that storage locker full of his goodies that a man happened to find a year ago.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of sports
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
Noun
  • 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, Midwest Living, 1 July 2026
Definition of tourneys
Noun
  • In some of the country's marquee Senate contests, candidates such as Texas's Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico have said that Washington should step in.
    — Maham Javaid, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Insurance exists in other areas such as halftime giveaway contests, too.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of contests
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
  • In one of the most anticipated regular season bouts of the Texas high school football season, eight time state champion Southlake Carroll aimed to knock off North Crowley.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Itauma had never needed to go past the sixth round in his first 14 professional bouts and tired visibly after taking command of the early rounds, with Hrgovic absorbing a barrage of hits even after being knocked down in the second round.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of bouts
Noun
  • The Panthers beat Vanderbilt in coach Dell McGee’s third game as coach in 2024, then lost 17 of their next 18 games against FBS opponents.
    — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • According to Baldwin’s calculations, Wisconsin sports fans currently would need to pay more than $1,500 per year to be able to watch all of the Packers, Brewers and Bucks games across multiple services.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of games

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“Triathlons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlons. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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