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avocation

[av-uh-kay-shuhn] / ˌæv əˈkeɪ ʃən /


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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

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

At home, he strove for perfection in his avocation, woodworking, where the process was more flexible but the product, for better or worse, could be definitive.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

And for many, it’s a fulfilling part-time avocation that lets them give back to their communities.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 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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