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leisure

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


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"The streets around the area were all evacuated and people went to the leisure centre."

From BBC Aug. 13, 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

He is dipping into his savings and has cut back on expenses such as travel and leisure.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 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 the rare moments of leisure Blanca had to think about herself and her daughter, she regretted that her child was so silent and solitary, and that she had no playmates her own age.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

“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

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

You would not hear me, At many leisures I propos'd.

From Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare




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