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
  • Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga laid the groundwork for some of the genre's most enduring tropes (gender switching, horny old guys, tournaments), and this is the second anime adaptation, this time from Studio MAPPA.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Bank of Utah Championship is the second of eight tournaments that are part of the FedEx Cup Fall, where the top 100 in the standings at the end of the year keep full cards for next year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of tournaments
Noun
  • Since 2018, several states have legalized online sports betting.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The Tragically Hip, who are long-time supporters of women’s sports and fundraisers for the Canadian women’s rugby team.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of sports
Noun
  • Vidio’s original slate now tops 110 series, and the platform carries more than 70 global and national sports competitions, among them Wimbledon, Formula 1 and MotoGP.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Jeff Richardson, the Galleria’s senior general manager, said Great Big Game Show is coming to the Galleria, bringing game-show-style competitions to Roseville.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 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
  • Republican lawmakers -- many of them in tough election contests where soaring fuel costs are driving voter anger -- praised the agreement.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The White Sox went with a bullpen game for the second time in three postseason contests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of contests
Noun
  • Harris has held campaign events in California, Nevada, and Georgia, starting her tour off in Michigan to stump with the progressive Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, Abdul el Sayed.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Flashbacks to recent events reveal that the townspeople never let Hal find peace, and even firebombed his home, only for a grown-up Noah — Kerry’s son, and Zoe’s grandson — to save him and regenerate his skin using Zoe’s covert alien tech.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of events
Noun
  • Grundberg said the current escalation in Yemen has become more complicated compared to previous bouts of violence over the course of the civil war.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Suppressing this same pathway produced the opposite result, limiting the ability to switch behavior, driving longer bouts of the repetitive behavior, as per the release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of bouts
Noun
  • More than 15 years after the regular series concluded, Action Arena‘s games continue to entertain audiences.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Older kids will enjoy the beach games, kayaks, paddleboards, and bike rentals.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of games

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“Triathlons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triathlons. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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