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
Suite guests will also have on-demand butler service, along with other perks such as laundry service included with the fare and and priority shore excursion booking.
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Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
From 1986 to 1989, the yearly excursions brought about 70 eaglets to Indiana.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Nearly every water excursion imaginable (snorkeling, boating, fishing, scalloping, kayaking, and swimming with manatees) is available for embarkation directly from the resort.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
There’s no shortage of tourist boats (including the hop-on, hop-off Batobus), but for one that targets tiny sailors, check out Vedettes de Paris, which leads relaxing, one-hour excursions aboard fully electric boats, and caters specifically to passengers between 6 and 13.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
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Nathan Diller, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
From 1986 to 1989, the yearly excursions brought about 70 eaglets to Indiana.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Nearly every water excursion imaginable (snorkeling, boating, fishing, scalloping, kayaking, and swimming with manatees) is available for embarkation directly from the resort.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
There’s no shortage of tourist boats (including the hop-on, hop-off Batobus), but for one that targets tiny sailors, check out Vedettes de Paris, which leads relaxing, one-hour excursions aboard fully electric boats, and caters specifically to passengers between 6 and 13.
—Elissa Garay, AFAR Media, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excursion
Noun
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Neither of those approaches speaks to a massively competitive tour.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Though Davies planned to reunite the band for a tour in 2015, it was canceled when the musician was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that attacks plasma cells.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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This sounds like something out of the mouth of a Quentin Tarantino character on a brilliant, oddball tangent.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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John Malkovich shows up for a tangent that is meant to be expositional, but really only needlessly delays what’s coming.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That’s what this three-night jaunt uniquely offers, with a chance to forage and to cheer on a team in both the woods of Piedmont and a president’s box in Parma, Emilia-Romagna.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
2 Sep. 2025
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That means if the rocket is terminated after just two jaunts to the Moon, sending a total of eight aeronauts on the Artemis II and III missions, NASA will have spent more than $10 billion on each astronaut’s lunar trek.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unlike in Antarctica or Greenland, there aren’t dozens of expedition ships in the area.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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Embark on a Galapagos expedition aboard the Four-Star Silver Origin, Silversea’s first destination-specific ship.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, Prince Harry will be back in London for an outing at Imperial College London's Centre for Blast Injury Studies.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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His only appearance in the opening three league matches was a brief outing away to Newcastle United.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Excursion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excursion. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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