avocation
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His dialogue snaps, and he can riff on just about anything, including Joe’s avocation as a jazz pianist, with authority.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024
This avocation can be traced back to an obscure Farmer Alfalfa cartoon his father showed him once.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023
In fact, examining her particular talent for this avocation — and how her style contributed to it — explains a lot about the workings of Mr. Epstein’s enterprise.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021
But as "A Guide to the Labyrinth" so powerfully demonstrates, he was increasingly besotted by the language of poetry, an avocation he had pursued since his early teen years.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021
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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