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
That run has helped extend the NCAA record for consecutive tourney appearances to 33 for Kansas.
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2025
However, her unbeaten ended in the finals of the 2022 PFL lightweight tourney when Pacheco scored a unanimous decision win over Harrison.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The Miami Heat has already made NBA play-in tournament history before, becoming the first team to qualify for the playoffs through the play-in tourney and then win a first-round series.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
The play-in tourney gets underway Tuesday night on TNT, as the Magic host the Hawks in Orlando at 7:30 p.m. ET before Memphis and Golden State battle for that seventh seed at 10 p.m. ET.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2025
However, her unbeaten ended in the finals of the 2022 PFL lightweight tourney when Pacheco scored a unanimous decision win over Harrison.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
The Miami Heat has already made NBA play-in tournament history before, becoming the first team to qualify for the playoffs through the play-in tourney and then win a first-round series.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
The play-in tourney gets underway Tuesday night on TNT, as the Magic host the Hawks in Orlando at 7:30 p.m. ET before Memphis and Golden State battle for that seventh seed at 10 p.m. ET.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tourney
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Both the novel and movie chronicle the infamous 50th Hunger Games tournament that took place decades before the events of the original trilogy that starred Jennifer Lawrence as victor turned revolutionist Katniss Everdeen.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Not bad for a guy who spent much of this week as the tournament’s first alternate — waiting, hoping, for someone to pull out.—
Jordan Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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Goaltender Logan Thompson had a solid game, stopping 31 of 33 shots, but ultimately took the 2-1 loss in overtime.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The Leafs need to go on the road now with the mindset of winning at least one game at Amerant Bank Arena.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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The week had included finals, pre-graduation events and students moving out of the dorms.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Religion notes are open to any group wanting to publicize a special event.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
10 May 2025
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Stellantis’s European operation is a weak-looking target for new Chinese competition.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Forest, who won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980 under Brian Clough, last featured in Europe’s premier competition in 1980-81.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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“Tourney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tourney. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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