touring

noun

tour·​ing ˈtu̇r-iŋ How to pronounce touring (audio)
1
: participation in a tour
2
: cross-country skiing for pleasure

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Xavi’s booking agency, WME, will continue overseeing all touring, brand partnerships, and film projects alongside WK and Latin Lifestyle. Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025 MacGraw and O'Neal remained friends in the decades after Love Story's release, reuniting in 2016 in a touring production of A.R. Gurney's play Love Letters. John Russell, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025 Think of Tursi, 44, having spent every waking moment of his adult life as a working, touring musician and frequent songwriter. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 10 Feb. 2025 The material on Broken English — much of it worked out by Faithfull and her band in the course of touring— is a jagged fusion of New Wave, disco and reggae accents, as gritty as her voice. Debra Rae Cohen, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for touring

Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of touring was in 1794

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“Touring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touring. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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