1
as in tour
a short trip for pleasure
our weekend excursions have encompassed virtually all parts of our home state
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2
as in tangent
a departure from the subject under consideration
the professor's frequent and sometimes far-ranging excursions in his lectures are the stuff of campus legend
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Recent Examples of excursion
In 1906, Frazee brought his alligator farm west to Kansas City – perhaps at the request of Michael Heim, who went on winter fishing excursions in Florida.
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Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Hannah Choat, Intrepid Travel’s PR specialist for North America, suggests touring the Yucatán Peninsula for beaches and Maya historic sites or joining a food excursion to Oaxaca.
—Adam Wisniewski, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
Their work has included three spacewalks — including a record-breaking excursion outside of the space station, and conducting a sweeping range of experiments.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
She was later spotted holding hands with Charlie Gooch during a Valentine's Day excursion in London the following year.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Jeremy Drouin, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2025
Hannah Choat, Intrepid Travel’s PR specialist for North America, suggests touring the Yucatán Peninsula for beaches and Maya historic sites or joining a food excursion to Oaxaca.
—Adam Wisniewski, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
Their work has included three spacewalks — including a record-breaking excursion outside of the space station, and conducting a sweeping range of experiments.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
She was later spotted holding hands with Charlie Gooch during a Valentine's Day excursion in London the following year.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excursion
Noun
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Then Groff comes up an elevator trap door, like a 2000s pop star entering a stadium tour.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2025
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Whether you’re headed to a nice meal or taking a wine tour, sport this tiered dress with a twirl-worthy skirt in the eye-catching color.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2025
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Medford Police Department As their journey continued, Ford says Jones began going off on tangents.—
Lauren A. White,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Several times throughout the series, Alec will start to delve into a tangent about, well, literally anything: the history of the Hamptons, the history of Long Island, the ocean, the Suffolk County water authority, old houses in their neighborhood.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2025
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Just a short jaunt from Jetties Beach, Beachside lets guests toggle between pool and ocean without ever needing to load up the car—a crucial perk when your traveling companions require snacks and sunscreen every 17 minutes.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The trek, which is first North American headlining jaunt from Ice Cube in over a decade, will reportedly highlight the rapper’s 40-year career.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Okeanos Explorer expedition is shedding new light on an important piece of world history.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Yorktown's final resting place wasn't discovered until a 1998 expedition found it about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Nearly 20 years later, cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space during a solo outing in 1984.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
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The outing will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and the 25th anniversary of the 2000 albums Machina/The Machines of God and Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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“Excursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excursion. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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