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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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re-creation

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The city closed the recreation center in 2021, leaving the neighborhood's young people with few places to go. Sarah Handel, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025 The 94-minute film takes place in real time and is an intense, visceral recreation of events, based on the memories of those who were there. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025 However, 80 percent of employees in a certain number of hotels, attractions, and outdoor recreation must complete the training for the city to receive the designation. Melinda Fulmer, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025 Rather than spending money on traditional remakes of the studio’s classic IP or, God forbid, taking a chance on new material, the studio wants to use Kimmy’s Re-Dream technology, which will simply slot Brandy into a digital recreation of the original Hotel Reverie. Abby Monteil, Them., 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for recreation

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“Recreation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreation. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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