as in gymnasium
a building or room used for sports activities and exercising
he decided to get up early and go to the gym to lift weights
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Recent Examples of gym
In Oregon, an Iranian man was detained by immigration agents in the last week while driving to the gym.
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Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
The design is an 80-meter electric yacht that would include a three-star French restaurant, a spa, a steam room, gym, 20 luxury suites, a movie viewing room and a small outdoor swimming pool.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
This fitness-forward health tracker works a lot like a smartwatch without a screen, but the app is geared toward gym rats.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 26 June 2025
Her Nike Free Metcon cross trainers have been her go-to gym shoes for the last three years.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 26 June 2025
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Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
The design is an 80-meter electric yacht that would include a three-star French restaurant, a spa, a steam room, gym, 20 luxury suites, a movie viewing room and a small outdoor swimming pool.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 June 2025
This fitness-forward health tracker works a lot like a smartwatch without a screen, but the app is geared toward gym rats.
—Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 26 June 2025
Her Nike Free Metcon cross trainers have been her go-to gym shoes for the last three years.
—Sara Coughlin, SELF, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gym
gymnasium
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His policy at the gymnasium is to choose seats for them next to the player with the grouchiest face—usually a woman—and spend the next two hours trying to tease out her life story, her situation.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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On Friday nights, teenagers zipped through its hallways on roller skates and danced in the gymnasium.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
13 June 2025
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“Gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gym. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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