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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For me, optimizing longevity and all that also is about my social life, being with my friends, and having time for my children.
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Apr. 2026
The challenge, according to a thirteenth-century preaching guidebook from Cambridge’s Corpus Christi College, is to make all this curiosity, interest and ambition into the ingredients of a more open and ethical social life.
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At the same time, your social life feels especially supportive, perhaps even healing.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
But there are some, like Rex, who live what is called a pro-social life.
—April 8, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Apr. 2026
The challenge, according to a thirteenth-century preaching guidebook from Cambridge’s Corpus Christi College, is to make all this curiosity, interest and ambition into the ingredients of a more open and ethical social life.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
At the same time, your social life feels especially supportive, perhaps even healing.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
But there are some, like Rex, who live what is called a pro-social life.
—April 8, CBS News, 8 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 17 Apr. 2026.
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