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
This marks the first international excursion for the couple in 2025.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Feb. 2025
Ray Charles’s 1962 country crossover Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music was a timely genre excursion, landing after sit-ins that cornered Nashville into the politically actionable embarrassment of jailing Black students for requesting fair treatment in local eateries.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
The pod of five, possibly six, orcas was first spotted in the early afternoon by Capt. Mike Owens of Davey’s Locker Whale Watching & Sportfishing, who alerted other ocean excursions about the sighting.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
Keys posted pics from their Eras Tour excursion in August 2023, including snaps of Swift posing for snaps with the mother-son duo and giving Genesis a special handwritten note.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Feb. 2025
Ray Charles’s 1962 country crossover Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music was a timely genre excursion, landing after sit-ins that cornered Nashville into the politically actionable embarrassment of jailing Black students for requesting fair treatment in local eateries.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
The pod of five, possibly six, orcas was first spotted in the early afternoon by Capt. Mike Owens of Davey’s Locker Whale Watching & Sportfishing, who alerted other ocean excursions about the sighting.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
Keys posted pics from their Eras Tour excursion in August 2023, including snaps of Swift posing for snaps with the mother-son duo and giving Genesis a special handwritten note.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excursion
Noun
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The account had been scrubbed of any evidence of the promotional tour for the film, which took place last summer.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Variety first noted Lewis in 1959 during Brubeck’s controversial tour of Southern colleges.—
Steven Gaydos,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Throughout the interview, Ye made provocative insinuations about Jews and money and went on unprovoked tangents.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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The two held awkward discussions about history and science, with Chalamet getting an opportunity to show off his fluent French, while also going on pff-topic tangents about a woman named Trish.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
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An eclectic cast, ranging from dancers in their 20s to their 50s, gels for a bouncy jaunt (pro forma in Estanich’s works), with each dancer having generous time and vocabulary for him or herself.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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The night started with a statement drive by Los Angeles, which scored on a seven-play, 70-yard jaunt on the game’s first possession.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC News,
14 Jan. 2025
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The underwater explorer can be seen trekking through the sand, almost tripping over his fins, before embarking on his ocean expedition.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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The ad depicts a barefoot Kenyan runner sprinting across a rugged landscape as a group of white men in military SUVs tracks him down as if on a hunting expedition.—
Matthew Pittman,
The Conversation,
6 Feb. 2025
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The outings come months after Cardi filed for divorce from Offset last August and giving birth to their third child shortly after.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Following the successful outing, highlighted by Justin Allgaier's impressive P9 finish, Earnhardt has now shared his future plans for the team.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Excursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excursion. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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