as in gym
a building or room used for sports activities and exercising
a six-month membership in a health spa with the specific purpose of losing weight
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Recent Examples of spa
Medical spas and telehealth companies also market compounded versions of Ozempic and Wegovy, despite Food and Drug Administration restrictions on such sales.
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Live Fine Towel Warmer For a real at-home spa experience, treat yourself to a towel warmer.
—Madison Yauger, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Frequent cruisers know there’s plenty to do on days at sea too with activities like mini golf, entertainment, swimming, casinos, and spa services.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Best-Smelling Body Wash With the weather cooling down, creating a spa-like experience in your shower can invigorate your senses and spark some joy this season—even on the gloomiest of days.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2025
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Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Live Fine Towel Warmer For a real at-home spa experience, treat yourself to a towel warmer.
—Madison Yauger, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Frequent cruisers know there’s plenty to do on days at sea too with activities like mini golf, entertainment, swimming, casinos, and spa services.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Best-Smelling Body Wash With the weather cooling down, creating a spa-like experience in your shower can invigorate your senses and spark some joy this season—even on the gloomiest of days.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spa
Noun
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Per the listing, there’s also a large, fully functional gym or potential accessory dwelling unit, plus plenty of room on the grounds for a future play area or a sports court.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
2 Oct. 2025
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Others—such as an eagerness to engage someone in combat—work in the gym, ring, and battlefield but become counterproductive and even destructive outside of those contexts.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Updates include a new cafeteria space, a new two-story wing, an agricultural lab with welding booths, an auxiliary gymnasium, music and band classrooms, a construction lab and more.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 Sep. 2025
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After dinner, campers get their first real glimpse of what the weekend is about when they’re corralled into the gymnasium.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Spa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spa. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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