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Recent Examples of Synonyms for time killers
Noun
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Fares to Rio de Janeiro can run higher, so think of GRU as your gateway, with low-cost carriers like Azul and GOL getting you to coastal escapes in no time.—
Jade Moyano,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025 -
In e-mails from July, 2022, one veterinarian identified fifteen recent escapes, adding that a deeper search of records would likely yield more.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Outside of politics, in what stands for culture, America’s favorite national pastimes seem to be gambling, weed, gaming, and Joe Rogan.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
5 Nov. 2025
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Backyard fires are like a lot of the adventurous pastimes that define our lives.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Both works, with their vivid colors and characters, immerse the viewer in the bourgeois pleasures and perspectives of the 19th century.—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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His songs seek to unite people over life’s simple pleasures and moments of joy, rather than divide over politics.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That's right, Dairy Queen is getting in the holiday spirit with a new menu full of seasonal delights.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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Playing this character is one of the great delights of my career.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Music isn’t losing ground just to isolationist listening habits but also to the broader explosion of competing entertainments—on-demand TV and film, immersive gaming platforms, social media.—
Jonathan Garrett,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2025
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The objectionable programs in that case were not the Republican-baiting precincts of late-night television but the social taboo-breaking entertainments of Three’s Company, All in the Family and Knots Landing.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
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