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leisure

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


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Previous research has shown that spending leisure time together can benefit couples.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

All sectors show that switching jobs results in higher pay, except for leisure and hospitality.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 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

Residents were evacuated to a nearby leisure centre, police said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Second was a few years older than him and had been there longer, so she had more privileges, like being able to check out Fragments from the Library and return them at her leisure.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

“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

Meanwhile, during the progress of the war, for which he furnished troops; subsequently, in extravagant leisures at court; later, at Tiffauges, where he resided in a manner entirely princely, he exhausted his resources.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

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

She took no serious interest except in the happiness, the imponderous riches, the innocent and perfect beauties, the sweet leisures, the glories and the arts of peace.

From The Wrack of the Storm by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos




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