1
: a sudden issuing of troops from a defensive position against the enemy
2
: one mission or attack by a single plane
3
b
: excursion, expedition
diving sorties
sortie
intransitive verb
sortied; sortieing
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an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores
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Its sorties into higher volume car and SUV segments failed.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2024
China has progressively increased the sophistication of these sorties as well as their proximity to Taiwanese territory.
—David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
How many more deep-strike sorties the Ukrainian air force will be able to fly once it’s formed a Mirage 2000 unit could depend more on the supply of missiles than the supply of jets.
—David Axe, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In a set of sorties under cover of darkness, and likely over hostile territories including Syria and Iraq, dozens of Israeli warplanes flew thousands of kilometers.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2024
China has progressively increased the sophistication of these sorties as well as their proximity to Taiwanese territory.
—David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
How many more deep-strike sorties the Ukrainian air force will be able to fly once it’s formed a Mirage 2000 unit could depend more on the supply of missiles than the supply of jets.
—David Axe, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In a set of sorties under cover of darkness, and likely over hostile territories including Syria and Iraq, dozens of Israeli warplanes flew thousands of kilometers.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sortie. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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