as in tenure
a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position
asked the soldiers to consider signing up for a second tour of duty
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as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance
thought it would be lots of fun to tour all over Europe this summer
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Recent Examples of tour
David Chiu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
As the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train passes through parts of Michigan on its annual cross-continent tour, crowds tend to gather near the railroads just to catch a glimpse.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Parking is simplified, maneuvering through traffic and touring the neighborhood while low to the ground makes the experience less stressful.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Noun
As indicated by Monday’s show, this last leg of the Luck and Strange tour got off to a very terrific start.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
As the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train passes through parts of Michigan on its annual cross-continent tour, crowds tend to gather near the railroads just to catch a glimpse.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
After Garfunkel eventually regained his voice, Simon was seemingly no longer on board to tour, leading to Garfunkel to vent to The Telegraph in 2015.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Parking is simplified, maneuvering through traffic and touring the neighborhood while low to the ground makes the experience less stressful.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
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As Posey starts his tenure as San Francisco’s president of baseball operations, finding his shortstop of the future is, unsurprisingly, one of his top priorities.Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Trump campaign also noted enhancements to Medicare Advantage plans during his tenure as president, such as increasing access to telehealth and expanding supplemental benefits for seniors with chronic diseases.Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
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All trucks that travel California roads must be fully transitioned to clean technology by 2045.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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Police said the man was crossing Rose Street and was struck by a vehicle driven by a 79-year-old Berkeley woman woman that was traveling eastbound on Rose Street.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The 47-year-old Simon, a BART board member since 2016, will enter her first congressional term in the wake of the Democratic Party’s disastrous losses in last week’s election.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Two days after the nation’s voters gave Donald Trump another term as president, Gov. Gavin Newsom staged a publicity stunt to position California — and presumably himself — as the epicenter of resistance.Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
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Then, the duo sailed for ten days up the Alaskan Panhandle, before trekking 20 more miles to reach the peak.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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My family trekked across the entire United States to get here.Claire Carusillo, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Guitarist Steve Lukather is best known for his nearly five-decade stint in Toto.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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O'Brien's celebrity guest, Tom Hanks, hosted the weekly sketch comedy program several times during O'Brien's stint from 1988-1991.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Of the almost 600,000 electric scooter trips the city logged between May and September, Lime accounted for about 89% and Spin, its competitor, made up the remaining.Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Consider light-colored clothing or reflective tape for costumes, and adjust costume length to avoid tripping.Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Oct. 2024
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On dreary days, spend a few hours at the National Museum of Scotland and the National Galleries of Scotland; when the weather cooperates, journey down the Royal Mile (Old Town’s main thoroughfare) and hike up to Arthur’s Seat, an ancient volcano and the highest peak in Holyrood Park.Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
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Ahead of the inaugural May 11, 2026 cruise to Alaska, the MSC Poesia will journey to Seattle from Miami via the Panama Canal, allowing cruisers to transit through the iconic canal.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2024
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Attendees learned some pointers to help them in that particularly pesky endeavor, while Zoeller regaled them with tales of his whiskey voyages across the seven seas.Brad Japhe, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Around the same time, voyaging societies launched in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Tour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tour. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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