leisure
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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
Previous research has shown that spending leisure time together can benefit couples.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
About 85 households in Whelford were evacuated to a local leisure centre.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
She might even do it later, after the sun had set, when she could paint at her leisure.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
“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
Cursed when, for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight!
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
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 William Shakespeare
Wolfe's dreary garrison leisures in Scotland, however, were not idle.
From Lectures and Essays by Goldwin Smith
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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