for sport
idiom
: for enjoyment and not as a job or for food needed for survival
hunting and fishing for sport
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This is just another opportunity for sport team owners seeking rents to bleed more of our community wealth for themselves.
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Depending on who’s talking, Colorado’s wolves are an existential threat to ranching, an imperiled native species crucial to a healthy ecosystem, a ruthless predator that kills for sport or a beautiful species that enriches lives.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
The resulting car established a new era for sport sedans with up to 250 horsepower and a heady 368 lb-ft of torque.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
For those keeping score at home, Mercedes-Benz has also merged its C class and E class into one in-between model, and other brands are similarly streamlining their portfolio in order to meet the insatiable demand for sport ‘utes.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
Depending on who’s talking, Colorado’s wolves are an existential threat to ranching, an imperiled native species crucial to a healthy ecosystem, a ruthless predator that kills for sport or a beautiful species that enriches lives.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
The resulting car established a new era for sport sedans with up to 250 horsepower and a heady 368 lb-ft of torque.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
For those keeping score at home, Mercedes-Benz has also merged its C class and E class into one in-between model, and other brands are similarly streamlining their portfolio in order to meet the insatiable demand for sport ‘utes.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
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“For sport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20sport. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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