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leisure

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


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The Harding's Pits Community Association had campaigned for the past 30 years to keep the area as leisure space.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Inflation-busting price increases are on the way at a large Worcester leisure centre, with its operators blaming energy and staffing costs.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

His purchase helps explain why Harley is bucking a downturn in sales of leisure products: High interest rates, punishing gas prices and broad economic anxiety have dented sales of everything from RVs to boats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

In recent years the airline has scaled back its route network, jettisoning money-losing flights to focus on its core business serving East Coast leisure destinations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In all the stories she had read or heard, the fairies seemed to do nothing more than drink and dance, enjoying a life of leisure and frivolity.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

“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

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

From Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare

He read and rehearsed his reading in memory, but he did not give himself to “deep, abstract meditation” and did not surrender himself to “the fruitful leisures of the spirit.”

From Historical Essays by James Ford Rhodes


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