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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, open to grades 3 through 12, includes off-site activities and field trips to the museum. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Every year, our parks welcome countless field trips, fanboat tours and fishing expeditions, fueling tourism and connecting locals and visitors to these special places. — Lulu Vilas, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026 The impact could also expand to field trips and other educational opportunities. — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Students are able to participate in industry field trips, job shadowing, career mentoring, mock interviewing, and potential internship or externship opportunities. — Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2026 What gets prototyped there radiates into field trips, after-school programs and summer camps that reach thousands of children a year. — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Finding meaning in stories recounting American history, field trips to local sites of the Till narrative — Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Bronzeville, where Till’s homegoing was held — were among the activities. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Milly liked the careful way Val took notes and photographs on their field trips. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 The Prescott Family Reindeer Farm in Vanzant in the south-central part of Missouri offers field trips year-round. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

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By the 20th century, summer excursions to the Highlands were a fixture of the aristocratic calendar, with transatlantic visitors soon joining the English to shoot, fish, and feign indifference to horizontal rain.

— Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad provides a fun way to take in the autumn scenery, with plenty of family-friendly excursions on the schedule.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

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Google shipped an update nobody had warned her about, and search traffic, which drove the majority of monthly unique visits, fell 40%.

— Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
That will make affordable tickets more difficult to find, especially as the tournament reports registering record-breaking visits, and already has angered fans and some players.

— Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

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