social life

noun

: the part of a person's time spent doing enjoyable things with others
I joined the club to improve my social life.
She has a busy/hectic social life. It seems like there's a party every week.

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Even Michael’s social life is left blank, far beyond his adolescent solitudes. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026 Young dancers struggling to balance the responsibilities of school and a social life might turn to dance as an outlet, said Hongo, who aims to provide mental health support to people of all ages through her foundation. Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 When most teenagers are focused on school and social life, Miri Ahuja, a freshman at Evergreen Valley High School, has been busy quietly changing her community — one pad at a time. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026 On a collaborative record where slurred Mandarin intersects with stuttering synths, the Chengdu rapper and his mentor interrogate the disconnect between social life and our internal worlds. James Gui, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for social life

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“Social life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20life. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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