field trip
noun
: a visit (as to a factory, farm, or museum) made (as by students and a teacher) for purposes of firsthand observation
Examples of field trip in a Sentence
We took a class field trip to the power plant.
We went on a field trip.
Recent Examples on the Web
Amy Hood of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, which oversees the La Brea Tar Pits, told the Los Angeles Times that the teens were high school students on a chaperoned field trip.
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
Rodriguez said on a field trip with her 4-year-old, while Melanie was in school.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
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Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
Rodriguez said on a field trip with her 4-year-old, while Melanie was in school.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for field trip
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“Field trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20trip. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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