Thesaurus results for AVOCATIONS

avocations

noun

plural of avocation

as in pursuits

an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure photography is merely an avocation for me—I've never tried to make money off of it

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Recent Examples of avocations Unlike in fields where avocations have to replace callings, academic retirees go on to pen as many articles and books as decline permits. — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026

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However, the unsuccessful pursuits of Vinicius Junior and Julian Alvarez, sagas that ended with both players staying at their Madrid clubs, Real and Atletico respectively, perhaps made acknowledgement of a couple of things.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
For all his disparate pursuits, Elsesser revels in the small details, incapable of giving anything less than total dedication.

— Jeff Weiss, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of pursuits

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One of my hobbies is to read first-party, contemporaneous accounts of previous technological revolutions.

— Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
But Bernie has never had a go, which is why his eye wanders to an advert in the local newspaper (one of Bernie’s hobbies, apart from keeping his toenail clippings in a jar, is cutting out obituaries).

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026

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Posing for the sports trading app Novig, Sweeney has stirred a debate regarding oversexualization in the world of advertising.

— Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
Tight end Travis Kelce doesn’t seem to be one to keep many of his sports mementos, and the proof could be seen in that storage locker full of his goodies that a man happened to find a year ago.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

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