leisure
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In June, the leisure and hospitality industry lost jobs, but childcare services and office administrative services gained them, according to the BLS.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Travel and leisure stocks fell on Mideast escalation as the Europe-wide Stoxx 600 slipped 0.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
River is primarily treated as a flood control channel, so park rangers carefully monitor for rain when the recreation zones open for leisure, like kayaking, during the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Those sports have longer-established history in the states and came of age at a time when media was not as pervasive "and when people spent their leisure time doing things, not passively consuming things".
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
He’d then shop at his leisure, much to the discontent of the shop workers who wanted to quit for the day.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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“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
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I counsel you therefore, my worthy friend, The logical leisures first to attend.
From Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe by Brooks, Charles Timothy
Wolfe's dreary garrison leisures in Scotland, however, were not idle.
From Lectures and Essays by Smith, Goldwin
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 Finley, John
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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