leisure
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Reduced pandemic ship orders coupled with a rebound in leisure travel and stepped-up presales of onboard packages led to a windfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Towns and cities need to encourage a broader range of occupiers, from arts and culture to leisure, health and well-being.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Vroman’s catered to various clientele and communities, from traveling dignitaries to academics and leisure readers on vacation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
With far less leisure time and diminished income, recreational facilities are turned over to food production, notably small-scale greenhouses and vertical farming for producing varied fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Children now grow up spending much of their leisure time hearing music rather than performing or making it.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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“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
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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
Tis a great destitution to both that this should not be entertained with large leisures, but, contrariwise, should be balked by importunate affairs.
From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Frederick William Roe
Cursed when, for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight!
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing leisure
The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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