spare time

noun

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

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The 6-foot-6 centre who studies Tage Thompson YouTube videos in his spare time could be a dominant junior hockey player this season. Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025 In her spare time, Mylene loves to cook traditional Filipino meals and knows the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 In their spare time, the Slaughterhouse men landscape, install gutters and patio covers, and engineer pipelines. Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 Mike [White]'s got the spare time to write it. EW.com, 19 Aug. 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 13 Sep. 2025.

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