Thesaurus results for ACTIVITIES

activity

noun

ak-ˈti-və-tē

as in exertion

energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness had to restrict his activity after the surgery, which meant letting the weeds take over the garden

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Recent Examples of activity Some of the senior activities Kaden hoped to participate in were lost for financial reasons, like going to the prom with his girlfriend. —

Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026 Hundreds of thousands of caribou travel through this scenic region, which lies above the Arctic Circle in the zone of northern lights activity. —

Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026 Everything else is just activity. —

Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Adults who participated more often, and in a wider variety of activities, tended to show slower aging scores compared to people who rarely engaged in arts or cultural experiences. —

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Noun

Shah treats daytime exertion as the precondition for nighttime rest, rather than the opposite.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 15 May 2026
One firefighter was taken to the emergency room at a local hospital for over exertion and was released hours later, Clark said.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026