touring

verb

Definition of touringnext
present participle of tour
as in traveling
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 touring My visit to the pig facility felt like touring a biohazard site. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 There are more artists touring globally than ever before and that number continues to increase. — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 3 July 2026 Born in 1940 to Chinese parents who were touring with an opera, Lee was allowed to have birthright citizenship. — ABC News, 1 July 2026 The experience feels less like touring a luxury property and more like being welcomed into someone’s home—the atmosphere the team set out to create. — Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 Village People resumed touring and recording, and found success with a Christmas album in 2019. — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 As an artist, Swift may need to evaluate royalties, intellectual property rights, touring income and control over her music catalog. — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 3 July 2026 Nearly 50 years later, Wayne is still touring his masterwork, finding new stage effects and guest stars (Liam Neeson has replaced Burton in later versions) to bring the invasion to life. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 July 2026 Protected from the oppressive sun outside, anyone enjoying a tour inside Raccoon Mountain can expect to fully exhale, relax, and enjoy the cool breezes while touring a gorgeous natural resource lit from within by a knowledgeable guide. — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for touring
  1. traveling
  2. trekking
  3. journeying
Verb
  • Production runs from a Los Angeles home base plus two traveling studios that move to the best matches each day, borrowing the fanfest grammar of Big Noon Kickoff.
    — Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • For those traveling in first class, the Coast Starlight offers a full dining car experience, with meals included throughout the journey.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
Definition of traveling
Verb
  • Bodycam video shared by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch Wednesday afternoon showed at least two officers trekking up the skyscraper and meeting Nikolau and Kuznetsov, who appeared to be unharnessed.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • The sandals keep your feet cool in these scorching European summers, but the all-terrain bottoms steady your grip for long walks and trekking.
    — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Definition of trekking
Verb
  • Zayden Alhasan and Ezra Belingheri, two long time friends, said Belingheri met in Nevada from Italy before journeying on a four-hour drive to watch USA play.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • For instance, the moon is journeying through harmony-seeking Libra today, bringing emotional focus to themes of connection, fairness, beauty and compromise.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
Definition of journeying

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“Touring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/touring. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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