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leisure

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


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Market Walk in Northampton is to become a leisure and entertainment space.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

With far less leisure time and diminished income, recreational facilities are turned over to food production, notably small-scale greenhouses and vertical farming for producing varied fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Surely, it seemed, there must come a moment when all the tasks would be done and some brief leisure earned, yet always a new chore loomed ahead.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

“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

Tis a great destitution to both that this should not be entertained with large leisures, but, contrariwise, should be balked by importunate affairs.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Frederick William Roe

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

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




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