as in relaxation
freedom from activity or labor
upon retiring, the elderly couple looked forward to a life of well-deserved leisure
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Recent Examples of leisure
The largest markdowns came in leisure and hospitality (-176,000), professional and business services (-158,000) and retail trade (-126,200).
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
For Metrolink, leaning into leisure travel has been a strategy to gain new, hopefully regular, passengers.
—Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Health care continued to drive job growth by adding 31,000 jobs, while leisure and hospitality added 28,000.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere retail trade, leisure, and hospitality also posted downturns in openings.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
For Metrolink, leaning into leisure travel has been a strategy to gain new, hopefully regular, passengers.
—Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Health care continued to drive job growth by adding 31,000 jobs, while leisure and hospitality added 28,000.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere retail trade, leisure, and hospitality also posted downturns in openings.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leisure
Noun
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In this state, the nervous system’s fight-or-flight response takes priority, inhibiting relaxation, pleasure and trust, which make for the key ingredients of romantic connection.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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For the average person, being massaged in a public space, as part of a competition, might be a relaxation-proof challenge.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve could’ve wanted to use the regular season finale as a chance to get others more minutes and allow her stars some rest just days before the postseason begins.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
10 Sep. 2025
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Humans arrive with a lifetime of real-world learning and need nothing more exotic than food, water, and rest.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Later that day, she was buried at her childhood home of Althorp, her final resting place.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Titanic’s final resting place was far from Ballard’s only discovery in a long, distinguished career as a scientist and explorer.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Leisure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leisure. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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