time killers

noun

plural of time killer
as in escapes

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  1. escapes
  2. pastimes
  3. pleasures
  4. delights
  5. entertainments
  6. revels
Noun
  • Snow season drives demand into Aspen, while South Florida, the Caribbean, and Mexico become natural escapes from colder regions.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Powell weighed in on whether entertainment can still bring Americans together and if action movies are one of the last remaining escapes from the political divide.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of escapes
Noun
  • Fill out our form and share your favorite Halloween pastimes and the stories behind them.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Irma is not going to resolve her dilemma by having sex or cutting loose, nor by renouncing such pastimes and doubling down on intellect.
    — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of pastimes
Noun
  • But the creeping cost of candy is just one hallmark of a year where many houses struggled to afford even the simplest pleasures.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
  • That instinct to preserve some special purchases in spite of pressure from higher prices reflects a kind of little treat economy, when consumers splurge on smaller pleasures even if they’re squeezed by costs.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of pleasures
Noun
  • For a chef in Chicago, translating this world of Basque dining, with all its delights and idiosyncrasies, proves tricky.
    — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Gleick has a rich supply of oddities and delights from the telephone’s early history.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of delights
Noun
  • Football—besides being one of our more ubiquitous and unrestrained national entertainments—has also become one of the rare arenas in American life where highly specialized language can flourish without censure.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Among the New Wave of American filmmakers in the mid-’70s, Spielberg and his friend George Lucas stood out as directors with ambitions to make old-fashioned popular entertainments.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Definition of entertainments
Noun
  • The Hudsonian godwits appeared eternally committed to these revels.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The historic Paulaner brewery hosts three weeks of rowdy revels, kicking off on March 6.
    — Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of revels
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