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leisure

[lee-zher, lezh-er] / ˈli ʒər, ˈlɛʒ ər /


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Reaching pension age in the country is widely considered a rite of passage into a second phase of life dedicated to travel, hobbies and leisure that, for the luckiest, can stretch well into three decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The Harding's Pits Community Association Group has campaigned for the past 30 years to keep the area as a leisure space.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Agree with your wife on a “fun-money” budget — a pot of money you can dip tino for leisure activities without regret, rumination or recrimination.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

At the time, he wrote in the station’s community newsletter that he was looking forward to a “new life of leisure and with family and friends.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

My complexion becomes a mark of my leisure.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

“In those days, there weren’t video games or these other leisures kids have nowadays,” Gerard said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2016

To meet the change, Davis sold 100 theaters, wisely followed his customers into new leisures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, during the progress of the war, for which he furnished troops; subsequently, in extravagant leisures at court; later, at Tiffauges, where he resided in a manner entirely princely, he exhausted his resources.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

She took no serious interest except in the happiness, the imponderous riches, the innocent and perfect beauties, the sweet leisures, the glories and the arts of peace.

From The Wrack of the Storm by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

At Ferrara, in the wide leisures of her brother’s court, Tasso, Stundenlang, as Gœthe wrote, sat with her.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus


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