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leisure

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


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He added: "All I will say to you is what happens next: let's all meet for part two of the Clacton by-election coming soon to a leisure centre near you."

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

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—also highly immigrant-dependent—shed 40,000 jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 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

In traditional societies, music would normally be part of everyday work, worship, and leisure.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“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

Washington had his slaves, his coat of arms, and the occupations and leisures and pleasures, so far as the frontier would permit, of an English gentleman.

From The French in the Heart of America by John Finley

The long leisures, the introspective habits, the vita contemplativa so conspicuous in the old Catholic discipline, grow very rare.

From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

I counsel you therefore, my worthy friend, The logical leisures first to attend.

From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Charles Timothy Brooks




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