1
as in entertainments
someone or something that provides amusement or enjoyment
bowling is great recreation on a rainy afternoon
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as in amusements
the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public
water parks have become a significant part of the recreation business
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as in sports
an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure
as with other men of his class and income, his principal recreations were polo and yachting
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Recent Examples of recreations
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
For production designer Cara Brower, the assignment wasn’t about designing sets that were perfect historical recreations, but revealing a perfect window into Hedda’s (Tessa Thompson) impish tastes and proclivities.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
The event includes scenes and dramatic recreations that visitors can walk through that tell the story of the birth of Christ and his life, death and resurrection.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
Flores noted that in the Latino community, running or other outdoor recreations such as hiking or camping aren’t always the activity of choice.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
The episodes are illustrated with portraits, documents and painstaking recreations.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
But recreations of the 1963, 1964, and 1965 festivals were shown almost entirely from the perspective of Bob Dylan, and the film stretched historical truth well past its breaking point in quite a few scenes.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Other islands were dedicated solely to recreations of Peter Pan’s Neverland and the floating mountains of Avatar’s Pandora.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Nov. 2025
The feed blends runway recaps, close-up details and outfit recreations by emerging creators.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
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None of this was helped by the Amazon and Netflix recreations of his infamous BBC Newsnight interview with journalist Emily Maitlis, titled A Very Royal Scandal and Scoop, respectively.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
For production designer Cara Brower, the assignment wasn’t about designing sets that were perfect historical recreations, but revealing a perfect window into Hedda’s (Tessa Thompson) impish tastes and proclivities.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
The event includes scenes and dramatic recreations that visitors can walk through that tell the story of the birth of Christ and his life, death and resurrection.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2025
Flores noted that in the Latino community, running or other outdoor recreations such as hiking or camping aren’t always the activity of choice.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Nov. 2025
The episodes are illustrated with portraits, documents and painstaking recreations.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
But recreations of the 1963, 1964, and 1965 festivals were shown almost entirely from the perspective of Bob Dylan, and the film stretched historical truth well past its breaking point in quite a few scenes.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Other islands were dedicated solely to recreations of Peter Pan’s Neverland and the floating mountains of Avatar’s Pandora.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Nov. 2025
The feed blends runway recaps, close-up details and outfit recreations by emerging creators.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Recreations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreations. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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