touring

noun

tour·​ing ˈtu̇r-iŋ How to pronounce touring (audio)
1
: participation in a tour
2
: cross-country skiing for pleasure

Examples of touring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Around 38,000 tickets have already been sold to different touring events, not including the sports teams that will call the venue home, Mayor Scott Fadness said in a press conference Thursday. Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2024 Popular on Variety Either way that Gilmour’s touring regimen might or might not turn out in years to come, the Intuit Dome was a fine place to be alive and living in the moment Friday, under the spell of a man who is very careful with that axe. Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2024 And my touring drummer, Kristen Gleeson-Prata, played drums on it. Charles Moss, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024 There’s even items on loan from Dame Helen Mirren and Ellie Goulding’s touring wardrobe that customers can get their hands on with a starting price of 10 pounds a day. Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for touring 

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Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of touring was in 1794

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“Touring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touring. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.

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