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For centuries, foray referred only to a sudden or irregular invasion or attack, but in the late 19th century it began to venture into gentler semantic territory. While the newer sense of foray still involves a trek into a foreign territory, the travel is figurative: when you make this kind of foray, you dabble in an area, occupation, or pastime that’s new to you. Take the particularly apt example (stay tuned) of mushroom hunting. The likely ancestor of foray is an Anglo-French word referring to the violent sort who do invasion forays, but that word could also refer to a forager—that is, one who wanders in search of food. (Forage has the same etymological source.) Interestingly, foray has seen a resurgence of use connected to its foraging roots, as evidenced by the growing popularity of mycophile-led mushroom “forays” that have been lately popping up like toadstools.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
Built by virtual store developer Obsess, the 3D shopping experience opens on Monday, marking Benefit’s first foray into immersive virtual commerce.
—Adriana Lee, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Oct. 2024
The Roman jeweler first forayed into watchmaking with the time-only Serpenti in the 1940s but has since expanded into producing more avant-garde timepieces with complicated movements.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Foray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foray. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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