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leisure

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


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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

Vroman’s catered to various clientele and communities, from traveling dignitaries to academics and leisure readers on vacation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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

“Let me show you. Did John ever neglect you, as you call it, while you made it a point to give him your society of an evening, his only leisure time?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

“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

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

At Ferrara, in the wide leisures of her brother’s court, Tasso, Stundenlang, as Gœthe wrote, sat with her.

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

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

From Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare




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