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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Spend quality time together and enjoy each other’s company.
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Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
The couple had opted for a sweetheart table specifically to spend quality time together, as brides and grooms often spend much of the reception mingling.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Those who regularly spent quality time with partners and children did not report sick for work as often and for fewer days.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Some celebrities, like Halle Bailey and Kandi Burruss, decided to go all out and do photo shoots, while others, like Ciara and Russell Wilson, spent quality time with their family.
—Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
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Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
The couple had opted for a sweetheart table specifically to spend quality time together, as brides and grooms often spend much of the reception mingling.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Those who regularly spent quality time with partners and children did not report sick for work as often and for fewer days.
—Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
Some celebrities, like Halle Bailey and Kandi Burruss, decided to go all out and do photo shoots, while others, like Ciara and Russell Wilson, spent quality time with their family.
—Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
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 6 May. 2025.
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