playing games

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Later life enrichment, starting around age 80, focused on activities such as reading, writing, and playing games, along with income from Social Security, retirement, and other sources.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Similarly, if you’d like to focus the day on playing games and experiencing human-powered carnival rides, I’d recommend doing that first.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

People went from simple flip phones to getting access to texting, calling, searching the web on a browser, playing games, and listening to music all in one hand-held device.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

And the act of playing games reinforced wholesome, suburban-family values.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

The friends broke open the wine and cut the cake as they settled into a comfortable evening together, playing games and talking.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti