Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Harris, the Jayhawks’ longtime veteran point guard who will be done with college basketball once KU’s tourney run concludes, has one last piece of insight for eventual successors on the hardwood.—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025 Turnaround time Louisville went from 8 wins under Kenny Payne last year to 27-7 and ACC tourney runner-ups in the Cardinals’ first season under Pat Kelsey.—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
The 2022-23 Big Ten regular season and tourney champs meet Saturday when No. 14 Indiana visits Iowa City.—Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024 There were 40 teams in this year’s boys tourney.—Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021 See All Example Sentences for tourney
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French torneier, to twist, whirl around, fight, tourney, from tur, tourn turning, circuit
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