as in gymnasium
a building or room used for sports activities and exercising he decided to get up early and go to the gym to lift weights

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Recent Examples of gym The inner activated carbon filter catches invisible particles and helps to neutralize odors from cooking, pets, smoke, or your teenager’s gym bag. Maggie Horton, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025 There’s no spa, for example, but a compact gym covers cardio and weights. Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Shadyac founded nonprofit climbing gym and community center Memphis Rox, which inspired Memphis to the Mountain. Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 Hodge told the Idaho Statesman that Municipal is expected to break ground on its first gym near Las Vegas in the next few weeks, and that Idaho would be next. Rose Evans updated September 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gym
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gymnasium
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  • Emerson had an auditorium, a gymnasium, a swimming pool and an upstairs indoor running track.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Attendees sat in folding plastic chairs, on bleachers, and stood along the sides to hear Archbishop Bernard Hebda speak in the Academy of Holy Angels High School gymnasium that night.
    John Bacon, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gym. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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