leisure
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All sectors show that switching jobs results in higher pay, except for leisure and hospitality.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Reduced pandemic ship orders coupled with a rebound in leisure travel and stepped-up presales of onboard packages led to a windfall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The space is now set to be re-occupied by a national leisure brand.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Residents were evacuated to a nearby leisure centre, police said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Three months later they received in a large envelope twenty-nine letters and more than fifty pictures that he had accumulated during the leisure of the high seas.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“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
Cursed when, for soft, indulgent leisures, He lays for us the pillows straight!
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
You would not hear me, At many leisures I propos'd.
From Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
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
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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