round trip
noun
variants
or less commonly roundtrip
or round-trip
plural round trips also roundtrips or round-trips
often attributive
: a trip to a place and back usually over the same route
It's a 25 mile round trip to work.
an hour-long round trip by boat
The lowest fare for the round trip is $1,694.18 including taxes and fees …—
Helen Anders and James Barragan
Helen Anders and James Barragan
round-trip
adjective
or less commonly roundtrip
round-trip fares
round-trip travel
With 50,000 miles accumulated, one can qualify for a free roundtrip ticket to Europe and back.
—David E. Rosenbaum
David E. Rosenbaum
round trip
adverb
or round-trip
or roundtrip
Consider the cost of flying round-trip for a three-day weekend to Los Angeles …
—Michael Fumento
Michael Fumento
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Schwartz and Beheshti were preparing to blast these organoids with different levels of radiation: one dose to simulate the radiation from a lunar mission, and a second, higher dose to approximate a round trip to Mars.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The easiest island to reach is Ship, 12 miles off the coast and accessible by regular ferries from Gulfport and Biloxi ($44 per person, round trip).
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
Naturally, access to the falls entails quite the hike—between 13.2 to 15.6 miles round trip—but the payoff is wild: a 40-foot waterfall cascading to the beach below.
—Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
Similarly, the 12-hour round trip from El Paso would have cost around $342,000.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Paparazzi typically do not drive 200 miles round trip to take their photos.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
View Comments Congress approved five additional round trip flights at the airport just last fall.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
The hike is ranked moderately difficult and is 1.8-miles round trip.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
The other trip happened in October where Crow flew Thomas round trip from Washington, D.C. to New Jersey for a statue dedication, also hosting him overnight in New York on his yacht.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The easiest island to reach is Ship, 12 miles off the coast and accessible by regular ferries from Gulfport and Biloxi ($44 per person, round trip).
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
Naturally, access to the falls entails quite the hike—between 13.2 to 15.6 miles round trip—but the payoff is wild: a 40-foot waterfall cascading to the beach below.
—Katie Kiefner, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
Similarly, the 12-hour round trip from El Paso would have cost around $342,000.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Paparazzi typically do not drive 200 miles round trip to take their photos.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
View Comments Congress approved five additional round trip flights at the airport just last fall.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
The hike is ranked moderately difficult and is 1.8-miles round trip.
—Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025
The other trip happened in October where Crow flew Thomas round trip from Washington, D.C. to New Jersey for a statue dedication, also hosting him overnight in New York on his yacht.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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