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recreation

[rek-ree-ey-shuhn] / ˌrɛk riˈeɪ ʃən /


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Other prices to increase over the month included medical care, personal care, airline fares and recreation.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Americans spend most of their money on services: dining, recreation, entertainment, banking, healthcare and so forth.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

A playful work of historical reclamation, it re-creates a women’s consciousness-raising group at an Ohio recreation center in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He partied on a boat on Kentucky Lake, a nearby recreation area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

This is not recreation, even for the Commander.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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