as in hobby
an activity that you enjoy doing during your free time
Her favorite pastime is gardening. Baseball has been a national pastime for years.
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Recent Examples of pastime
Baseball has long been America's favorite pastime, but at Rate Field, some people were just getting initiated with the ballpark experience on Wednesday.
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Noel Brennan, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The irony of the baseball game did not escape me, the two of us sitting next to each other, enjoying America’s pastime together, the way a father and son might do.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Some longtime South Side residents say the tradition of victory honking started on Southwest Military Drive, where cruising on the weekends was a popular pastime before officials started cracking down on the practice.
—Melissa Renteria, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2026
Watching documentaries on ancient Iran has recently become a favorite pastime of Karen Yan, a 30-year-old finance worker in Beijing, after a tough day at work staring at market data telling the story of the war’s global ripple effects.
—Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
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Noel Brennan, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
The irony of the baseball game did not escape me, the two of us sitting next to each other, enjoying America’s pastime together, the way a father and son might do.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
Some longtime South Side residents say the tradition of victory honking started on Southwest Military Drive, where cruising on the weekends was a popular pastime before officials started cracking down on the practice.
—Melissa Renteria, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Apr. 2026
Watching documentaries on ancient Iran has recently become a favorite pastime of Karen Yan, a 30-year-old finance worker in Beijing, after a tough day at work staring at market data telling the story of the war’s global ripple effects.
—Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastime
Noun
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Young people who have positive activities to participate in, mentors and hobbies are far less likely to join gangs or participate in criminal activity.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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With daily-speaker numbers declining census after census, linguist Conchúr Ó Giollagáin warned in 2015 that Irish as a living language — as opposed to a school subject, Duolingo hobby, or urban identity badge — could be gone in about 10 years.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Our daughters no longer feel safe in their sports or private spaces.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Like the sitcom, the soap, and the live-sports broadcast, the natural-history documentary is a perfect fit for the small screen.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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“Pastime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastime. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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