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
Fretting about how young people spend their hours is a perennial adult pastime, one that long predates Minecraft.
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
News of the White House’s softening stance prompted Wall Street to claw back about half of Friday’s losses—a narrative that is becoming par for the course (to leverage the lingo of the president’s favorite pastime).
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
In contrast, stock trading has always been a fairly common pastime in Saudi Arabia.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Baseball, however, is America’s pastime.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
News of the White House’s softening stance prompted Wall Street to claw back about half of Friday’s losses—a narrative that is becoming par for the course (to leverage the lingo of the president’s favorite pastime).
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
In contrast, stock trading has always been a fairly common pastime in Saudi Arabia.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Baseball, however, is America’s pastime.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastime
Noun
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Skiing has a reputation for being a pricey hobby, from the expensive gear to the ever-rising lift tickets and luxe mountainside hotels.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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Jack is not the only one who appeared to be starting a new hobby.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The damage done by Dumont allowing Harrison to trade Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in February is a level of self-infliction that few sports franchises in the modern era have ever executed.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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Stream the basketball games in both men’s and women’s sports on top channels like ABC, FOX, NBC, CBS, ESPN, SEC Network, ACC Network, Big Ten Network, FS1, and more.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Pastime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastime. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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