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
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
The Pro Pickleball Medal Tracker has now been updated with these results; check out this link online for a complete pro medal history for all tours and all pro events dating to the beginnings of all the major pro tours, plus pro events that predated 2020.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band who toured with Bob Dylan, has died.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
No additional shows have been announced yet, but the tour is expected to stretch into 2026.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
The Pro Pickleball Medal Tracker has now been updated with these results; check out this link online for a complete pro medal history for all tours and all pro events dating to the beginnings of all the major pro tours, plus pro events that predated 2020.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
In late 1950s Toronto, Hudson met the four other members of the Band when they were hired to tour with rock ’n’ roll singer Ronnie Hawkins.
—Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band who toured with Bob Dylan, has died.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
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Finishing his tenure as a San Antonio Spurs assistant before fully transitioning into his new role, Budenholzer wanted Horford, a rising star with the Hawks, to see basketball at the highest level.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Wrote Thomas Harrigan: Profar not only refined his approach at the plate, recording the lowest chase (21.9%) and whiff (17.0%) rates of his big league tenure, but also did more damage on contact than ever before.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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While most of their guests travel by a combination of charter plane and car, the Volcanoes team can arrange a helicopter from Entebbe and between any of its Uganda lodges.—
Alexandra Owens,
Robb Report,
23 Jan. 2025
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The confident and haughty Onegin kills his friend in the duel and flees to travel the world to ruminate.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
23 Jan. 2025
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Donald Trump declined to attend the Kennedy Center Honors during his first term, while his administration proposed a massive scale back of federal arts funding.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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Mehta had argued that the language of Trump's pardon for the defendants in question had only applied to their terms of imprisonment, and not to the details of their supervised release.—
Anders Hagstrom,
Fox News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Joel, a hardened survivor, trekked across a pandemic-scarred America to deliver Ellie (Bella Ramsey), the only known person immune to a zombie-like virus, to a rebel group in the hopes of finding a cure.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Uganda also has a much larger population of chimpanzees than Rwanda, with multiple trekking sites including Kibale National Park, Kyambura Gorge, and Budongo Forest.—
Alexandra Owens,
Robb Report,
23 Jan. 2025
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Both became popular online influencers in their own right on YouTube before a brief stint in TV and movies.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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Bagwell also had brief stints in WWE (then WWF), World Wrestling All-Stars in Australia, Total Nonstop Actions Wrestling (TNA), and multiple independent promotions.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Trail Cam Revolution Modern trail cams started appearing in the 1980s with the advent of motion sensors that could trip a camera shutter.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Zach Werenski, who has been one of the NHL’s elite performers this season, simply tripped while all alone carrying the puck up the ice on the power play.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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On the other, their murderous schedule from 2024 flips, with Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas all journeying to Athens.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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SpaceX’s Starship Completed a Stunning Vertical Landing Elon Musk has said Starships will start journeying to Mars in 2026.—
Rob Reddick,
WIRED,
31 Dec. 2024
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Just as the ancient Egyptians moved southward to expand their empires and Polynesians voyaged into uncharted waters, today’s leaders must navigate uncertainty and complexity.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Panama Canal has a long history of sea creatures voyaging through as stowaways on ships’ hulls and in their ballast tanks: oysters from the Indo-Pacific, jellyfish from the Black Sea, worms from mud flats in the Netherlands.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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