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pastime

[pas-tahym, pahs-] / ˈpæsˌtaɪm, ˈpɑs- /


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A recent study by the Economist showed that 10% of Americans now rank soccer as their favorite sport, making it the third most popular behind football and basketball and narrowly edging out America’s pastime, baseball.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Watching these A.I. edits became a pastime for her friend group; they’d share the videos at school and at sleepovers.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Ranking presidents is a popular pastime for historians and political scientists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Rubinstein remembers how people who were fond of cross-country skiing – a very popular pastime in winter in Russia – used to take their radios with them out of town, where there were fewer jammers.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The trouble was that I'd moved to Paris completely unprepared for my new pastime.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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