as in gymnasiums
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 gyms
As routines shift and people look for more flexible ways to stay active, smart home gyms have stepped in—not just as convenient alternatives, but as serious tools built around personalization, data, and intelligent design.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Hotel gyms have become my best friend.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Hyman is now urging others to speak up and to consider walking away from gyms and other establishments that fail to protect women.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
On a recent weeklong daddy-and-me trip to Ireland, the duo donned sports coats and tweed hats to board planes, hunted for green apples in hotel gyms, and fueled up on Irish pub food for energy to chase leprechauns.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2025
These are everywhere today, on every road and path, outside grocery stores and gyms and movie theaters and restaurants and hotels.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Daniel’s brother, known in the chats as Mano, sometimes texted about asking Daniel for money to pay people working at their gyms.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Creating climbing communities The gradual spread of climbing gyms has incrementally reshaped the culture of the sport — and, in places without mountains or existing climbing scenes, built new climbing communities from scratch.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
The project’s first phase will transform empty land near Moore and Waterton roads into a regional sports facility featuring hockey rinks, gyms, soccer fields and baseball fields.
—Claire Lavezzorio, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Jason Phillips, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Hotel gyms have become my best friend.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Hyman is now urging others to speak up and to consider walking away from gyms and other establishments that fail to protect women.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
On a recent weeklong daddy-and-me trip to Ireland, the duo donned sports coats and tweed hats to board planes, hunted for green apples in hotel gyms, and fueled up on Irish pub food for energy to chase leprechauns.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2025
These are everywhere today, on every road and path, outside grocery stores and gyms and movie theaters and restaurants and hotels.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Daniel’s brother, known in the chats as Mano, sometimes texted about asking Daniel for money to pay people working at their gyms.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Creating climbing communities The gradual spread of climbing gyms has incrementally reshaped the culture of the sport — and, in places without mountains or existing climbing scenes, built new climbing communities from scratch.
—Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
The project’s first phase will transform empty land near Moore and Waterton roads into a regional sports facility featuring hockey rinks, gyms, soccer fields and baseball fields.
—Claire Lavezzorio, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gyms
gymnasiums
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The state reported damage in 52 communities in October, and the impacts forced hundreds of residents to sleep in gymnasiums and on classroom floors in rural public schools.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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Maintain a safe distance from windows and avoid seeking refuge in large open rooms like cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Gyms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyms. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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