leisure
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Occasionally, a leisure driver bunches up the group until they pull over at the next turnout to let the faster drivers pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But leisure and hospitality employers cut 40,000 workers, while retailers shed more than 19,000 employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The lack of new labor supply could be contributing to a shortage of labor, at least in some industries such as leisure and hospitality.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Figures on Wednesday showed hiring in the US private sector was significantly below expectations in July, with industries like leisure and hospitality shedding jobs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
She didn’t have her own map, sitting in the back, but she had an absolutely fabulous view out both sides and behind, a view she didn’t normally get, and the leisure to enjoy it.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
“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
You would not hear me, At many leisures I propos'd.
From Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
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
There lie the tears and the sighs of lovers, the hours lost in pastimes, the leisures of the dull, and the intentions of the lazy.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Torquato Tasso
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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