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: a usually metal frame supporting an assortment of outdoor play equipment (such as a swing, seesaw, and rings)

Examples of gym in a Sentence

He works out at the gym. Students are required to take gym.
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The image—snapshotted from promo footage of her upcoming Eras Tour documentary—shows Swift in the gym wearing a black tank top and the bold, chunky accessory. Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 On gym-bro social media, the hashtag #leanbulk is ubiquitous. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025 The tiny gym in the bowels of the great church was, for a time, the most important reservoir of talent in the game. Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025 These adjustable boards also offer newfound flexibility, scalability, and investor security for independent gym proprietors, helping to turn smaller cities and even towns of fewer than 50,000 people into viable climbing markets. Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gym

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1871, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of gym was circa 1871

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“Gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gym. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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