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avocation

[av-uh-key-shuhn] / ˌæv əˈkeɪ ʃən /


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“I think Spencer’s perspective was, ‘I’m going to turn this into not just an avocation but also a vocation,’” he said.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

This avocation can be traced back to an obscure Farmer Alfalfa cartoon his father showed him once.

From Seattle Times Dec. 23, 2023

Once she yells about her charley horse what might have been a saucy turn degrades into an awkward limb pile because that is Miranda's avocation.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2023

He was also an amateur boxer, an avocation that left him with a permanently sunken left cheekbone.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2022

When he was advised that he had no avocation, he left the island, came to America to study the then budding field of psychiatry.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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