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recreation

[rek-ree-ey-shuhn] / ˌrɛk riˈeɪ ʃən /


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Households cut back on recreation, food, drinks and gasoline because of difficult driving conditions and lack of parking due to frozen snow.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The budget would shift the agency’s focus toward domestic timber production and wildfire risk mitigation and response, and away from more recent turns toward conservation and recreation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

China also recently issued a guideline advancing child-friendly development more broadly, calling for improvements in schooling, medical care, travel, sports, and recreation.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Its fantastical sets feature a recreation of Kahlo’s canopy bed from which a tree with artery-like limbs stretches toward the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Half-an-hour’s recreation succeeded, then study; then the glass of water and the piece of oat-cake, prayers, and bed.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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