quality time

noun

: time spent giving all of one's attention to someone who is close (such as one's child)
Dad and I spent some quality time together.

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Movie night turns a rainy afternoon into quality time together. Tara Duncan, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The pictures showed the family making silly faces, laughing and spending quality time together. Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026 Puppy love and summer flings abound when Tom Holland's Peter Parker goes on a European vacation to spend quality time with his crush MJ (Zendaya) and instead gets thrown into a few international incidents. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026 As for many families, summer is a time for the Waleses to spend quality time together. Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quality time

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“Quality time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quality%20time. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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