leisure

Mr. White, an emeritus professor of history at the University of Sydney, studied antebellum newspapers, legal documents, travelogues and paintings to glean information about black New Yorkers’ occupations, housing and leisure activities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Based outside of Norwich, the firm had a cradle-to-grave ethos and provided education, housing, healthcare and leisure for workers and their families.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

This has weighed on leisure and hospitality employment in US border communities, found Philip Luck of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

A spokesperson said the LA28 On Location hospitality plan currently includes about 13 premium lounges and nine leisure lounges and hospitality pavilions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

How had that pursuit, reading the novels that others took as their leisure, let her think she was superior to anyone else?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

“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

The long leisures, the introspective habits, the vita contemplativa so conspicuous in the old Catholic discipline, grow very rare.

From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

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

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