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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
Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
If summer signals miles-long runs and outdoor recreations, the Cloudrunner 2 Sneakers will integrate seamlessly into your warm-weather plans.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
The billboards echo a 1969 campaign Ono created with John Lennon, while the Broad’s programming includes performance art recreations and an August concert series featuring Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, and Rufus Wainwright.
—Julius Miller
follow, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The recreations were so convincing that visitors from Tennessee believed the film had shot on location.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
Fans arrive through an orange grove, before entering recreations of notable locations like Fender’s Ballroom.
—Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
The series uses archive footage and stylised recreations, and expert analysis from historians and academics to chart the rise to power of each queen, while investigating key aspects of their reign.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
The Route 66 Museum in the town library features recreations of a 1950s gas station and a classic diner, along with displays of antique cars and a collection of Route 66 books.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
This sense of domestic insecurity carries through the remaining two-thirds of the film, which incorporates doubles, cyborgs, and holographic recreations of the film’s female characters.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
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The opening credits have also led to some viral social media recreations.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
If summer signals miles-long runs and outdoor recreations, the Cloudrunner 2 Sneakers will integrate seamlessly into your warm-weather plans.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
The billboards echo a 1969 campaign Ono created with John Lennon, while the Broad’s programming includes performance art recreations and an August concert series featuring Sleater-Kinney, Yo La Tengo, and Rufus Wainwright.
—Julius Miller
follow, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The recreations were so convincing that visitors from Tennessee believed the film had shot on location.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2026
Fans arrive through an orange grove, before entering recreations of notable locations like Fender’s Ballroom.
—Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
The series uses archive footage and stylised recreations, and expert analysis from historians and academics to chart the rise to power of each queen, while investigating key aspects of their reign.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026
The Route 66 Museum in the town library features recreations of a 1950s gas station and a classic diner, along with displays of antique cars and a collection of Route 66 books.
—Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
This sense of domestic insecurity carries through the remaining two-thirds of the film, which incorporates doubles, cyborgs, and holographic recreations of the film’s female characters.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recreations
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Weisberger’s book may have been an opportunistic takedown, but the director David Frankel and the screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna spun it into one of the finer Hollywood entertainments of its era, with the pleasing sophistication and bitchery of a classic studio comedy from the forties or fifties.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2026
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The park allow visitors to experience the movie stories; the movies remind you of the park rides; the whole reminds you of beloved childhood entertainments.—
Mark Lane,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Families can enjoy boardwalk amusements in Old Orchard Beach, vintage arcades in York, and water parks in Saco.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
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There's a mix of on-the-beach relaxation (which is also pet-friendly) and off-the-beach amusements, such as go-kart tracks, a handful of mini-golf courses, a number of ice cream shops, and good restaurants.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2026
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Other footage showed a high school campus roof which had collapsed while pupils lined up outside the school’s sports field in Davao Del Sur.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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In the end, McGinniss’s new team breaks his heart, as all your rooting interests in sports eventually will.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens
June 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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The Ritz Kids program offers fun diversions for children, including a popular Kids Night Out program in which children can have dinner, watch a movie, and play games while parents enjoy a child-free evening.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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In the end, even after his shimmering wit and formidable smarts led him to a career of delightful diversions into everything from aesthetics to neurophysics to Pink Floyd, Stoppard went back to his own beginnings.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2026
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Activision says the campaign storyline will take players from trench warfare in Korea to close-quarters battles in New York, to high-speed pursuits through Paris, SAS night raids in Mumbai, and city-wide assaults to reclaim territory.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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Historically, the company’s largest pursuits were in the city center, including the Peachtree Center complex, the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and the city’s second-tallest building, Truist Plaza.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
28 May 2026
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The compromise proposal, which would need at least one more supporter on the nine-member council, would pay for a long list of budget restorations primarily with new cuts to homeless services and police surveillance efforts.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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State prosecutors accuse Kazanis, who practiced at the New You Dental clinic in Livonia, of repeatedly billing Medicaid for fillings that were not performed or were performed as less invasive procedures using preventive resin restorations.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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These delights have been a favorite of holiday parties for decades.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
3 June 2026
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Fried delights have been a part of Rioja’s playbook since Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch opened the restaurant in 2004, Dale said.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
2 June 2026
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This year’s fair will feature concerts at four venues and exhibits of artwork, woodworking, gardening, flowers, gems and minerals, hobbies, photography and K-12 student projects.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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One of my hobbies is talking to scammers online.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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“Recreations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreations. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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