leisure
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But leisure and hospitality—also highly immigrant-dependent—shed 40,000 jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 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
Wiltshire-based garden and leisure park, Studley Grange, is also passing the reduction on to customers.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In June, the leisure and hospitality industry lost jobs, but childcare services and office administrative services gained them, according to the BLS.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
I had my high-powered mom posse, and Barack spent what little leisure time he had playing basketball with a group of buddies.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
“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
Among the many that mine eyes have seen, Not one whose flame my heart so much as warmed, Or my affection put to th' smallest teen, Or any of my leisures ever charmed.
From A Lover's Complaint by Shakespeare, William
Wolfe's dreary garrison leisures in Scotland, however, were not idle.
From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin
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 Tasso, Torquato
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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