field trips

noun

plural of field trip
as in excursions
a trip to a place (such as a museum or zoo) that is made by students to learn about something We took a class field trip to the power plant.

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Recent Examples of field trips The program also provides weekly leadership classes and field trips. — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 13 June 2026 The Bird Alliance also leads field trips, hosts conservation workdays and offers other community events. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026 School kids arrived on field trips and groups lined up for exhibitions, taking the escalators up past the abstract artist Julie Mehretu’s vibrant, 83-foot-tall vertical window. — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 June 2026 Signature practices include overnight experiential field trips, large-scale interactive murals representing global biomes, and a unique environmental science curriculum. — Magda Liszewska, Oc Register, 8 June 2026 Singita also runs an onsite Environmental Education Center which hosts field trips for local community schools and trains budding conservationists. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 The tax money pays for the salaries of about 1,200 teachers, 740 drama and music teachers, and 50 athletic coaches and trainers, according to district data, and also helps pay for extracurricular activities, athletics and field trips. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026 Participants focused on different forensic topics each day, including fingerprinting, cold case analysis and field trips to the Franciscan Center of Hope Program and the Indiana State Police Crime Lab in Lowell. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 Samples were collected during multiple field trips conducted by the University of Malaysia Sabah's Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, and the research was published in the New Zealand Journal of Botany. — CBS News, 19 June 2026
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  1. excursions
  2. visits
Noun
  • Continental Divide excursions, ghost tours, and hot springs experiences were not services the company originally envisioned, yet Roppel adds that customer demand made the opportunity clear.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • The town also serves as the primary jumping-off point for boat tours, kayaking excursions, whale watching trips, and, of course, visits to Acadia National Park.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
Definition of excursions
Noun
  • If Markle and the children do accompany Harry outside of the capital, the family are rumored to pay visits to Warwickshire for Scotty's Little Soldiers Summer Festival and Northamptonshire to visit Princess Diana's childhood house, Althorp Estate.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 July 2026
  • The Golden Eagles have been driving around willing to play seven-on-seven against top Southern Section opponents, including visits to West Hills and Simi Valley.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of visits

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“Field trips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20trips. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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