spare time

noun

: the time when one is not working : free time
He likes to ski in his spare time.

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In all of their spare time, the comedian and her co-host released their first book last month, How to Giggle: A Guide to Taking Life Less Seriously, an endeavor that Berner and DeSorbo saw as simply a new format for their ever-present goal of reaching people and being themselves. Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2025 During her spare time at the school, Smith is a member of New Bedford’s Junior ROTC program. Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2025 Pettit is widely admired as an accomplished photographer, spending much of his spare time aboard the International Space Station photographing astronomical phenomena, auroral displays and life aboard the orbiting lab complex. William Harwood, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2025 The lure of academia Since joining TRW in 1980, Samueli had been simultaneously teaching college engineering courses in his spare time—first at California State University, Northridge, and then at UCLA. IEEE Spectrum, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spare time

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“Spare time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spare%20time. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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