touring

noun

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

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Cinema Guild will mount a touring theatrical retrospective of Moullet’s work starting at Film at Lincoln Center in New York in August. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025 Every year, the Country Music Hall of Fame chooses three inductees, one of which rotates between songwriters, recording/touring musicians and nonperformers. Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2025 Host Taylor Tomlinson decided to return her focus to her stand-up comedy and touring. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025 So the routing had to be precise, because this was not normal touring. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for touring

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 Apr. 2025.

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