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recreation

[rek-ree-ey-shuhn] / ˌrɛk riˈeɪ ʃən /


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Other prices to increase over the month included medical care, personal care, airline fares and recreation.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Americans spend most of their money on services: dining, recreation, entertainment, banking, healthcare and so forth.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Coughran disappeared in the popular recreation area near Lake Tahoe just as a low-pressure system descended on the region, plunging temperatures to near freezing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Roosevelt’s wife, Edith, concerned that he was working too hard, had a grass court built outside his office that he could use for his daily recreation.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

He saw the engine rooms and the boiler rooms, and wound up on the third-class recreation deck.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis




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