as in tournament
a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Recent Examples of tourney
Four women’s teams (Duke, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas) will participate in their own tourney on Nov. 26 and 27 at the two venues in Vegas.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2025
Tennis tourney for adults, kids features round-robin format Registration continues through July 11 for Naperville Park District’s Summer Slam all-city tennis tournament, which will be held Friday, July 18.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Sun Sentinel Hope Florida Foundation to amend tax return to show golf tourney made more money
The problems with Hope Florida’s tax return underscores the financial challenges that have plagued the two-year-old foundation affiliated with First Lady Casey DeSantis.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Nitty’s Cider will host a skee-ball tourney in honor of Bacon Fest on Thursday, with two tickets to the Guido Cup on the line for the winners, and the Torch Club will have bands playing Kevin Bacon film soundtracks on Friday night.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2025
Tennis tourney for adults, kids features round-robin format Registration continues through July 11 for Naperville Park District’s Summer Slam all-city tennis tournament, which will be held Friday, July 18.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Sun Sentinel Hope Florida Foundation to amend tax return to show golf tourney made more money
The problems with Hope Florida’s tax return underscores the financial challenges that have plagued the two-year-old foundation affiliated with First Lady Casey DeSantis.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
Nitty’s Cider will host a skee-ball tourney in honor of Bacon Fest on Thursday, with two tickets to the Guido Cup on the line for the winners, and the Torch Club will have bands playing Kevin Bacon film soundtracks on Friday night.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tourney
Noun
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Sinner seemed to mean it, and to live by it; he had nearly been knocked out of the tournament during the quarterfinals, when Grigor Dimitrov had taken the first two sets and had the match in control before blowing out a pectoral muscle.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Other names appearing somewhere on tournament’s leaderboard include NFL players Travis and Jason Kelce, Sacramento Kings player Zach Lavine, and actors Miles Teller and Alfonso Ribeiro.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
14 July 2025
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Simpson, arguably the fastest runner in the game, broke on contact for home as the go-ahead run.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 July 2025
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Here are other things that came out of Engelbert’s availability: Engelbert said the WNBA is thinking about expanding its future scheduling footprint as well as the number of games played in upcoming seasons.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
20 July 2025
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At the end of the day, Brown and the event participants and attendees agreed the summit was a success.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
The Tennessean,
21 July 2025
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Crashing out can stem from big or small stressors, and are likely to occur in those who do not have developed coping skills, are under a lot of stress, or experience emotional dysregulation (being unable to control and cope with life’s negative events).—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
20 July 2025
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Meanwhile, in an unexpected move, the TV Academy said late yesterday afternoon that nominees in the first two categories — reality competition program and talk series — would be announced on CBS Mornings shortly before 8 a.m. ET/5 a.m. PT.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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Beginning with five pairs who choose to couple up, the show then sees the islanders through eight weeks of fierce competition as bombshells enter the villa and games are played to see who will leave the villa as the strongest couple.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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“Tourney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourney. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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