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rec center

NOUN
community center
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Or your local rec center, which can be even cheaper.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026

We drove back to the rec center, where the sun began to show.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

During public comments, Jeremy Padawer, whose home in the Palisades burned, said of the city-owned rec center: “We need this. We need churches, we need synagogues, we need grocery stores. We need hope.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025

A 15-year-old girl came to the microphone and said the rec center was where she learned to ride a bike and where her brothers played Saturday basketball games.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2025

“I’d stay to watch,” Zoey says, “but I need to get to the rec center for robotics.”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner