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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Ariel, a successful but exhausted writer, struggles to stay young and attractive while his younger wife drags him into a demanding social life, his five children treat him like a butler, and his elderly parents constantly demand his attention. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026 This measure did not include contact through work, group activities or other parts of social life. The Conversation Us, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2026 Soon, an entirely new social life begins to blossom, which runs counter to Ilyas’s scheme to get re-transferred. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 While Burke learned parkour at a local gym, his social life migrated online. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 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 14 Aug. 2026.

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