as in gymnasium
a building or room used for sports activities and exercising
he decided to get up early and go to the gym to lift weights
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What’s cooking There are not enough machines in the gym or laps around the pools to burn off enough calories to try everything on the menus at the 30 or so eateries and bars onboard.
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Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
Most other industries — stores, restaurants, entertainment spaces, parks, gyms, etc. — typically remain open on MLK Day.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
For some that resolve theoretically involves dieting or gym memberships, but for increasing numbers of overweight adults (roughly three-fourths of us) there is another option: GLP-1 drugs with names like Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, with a mean weight loss of 15% to 25% at 1-1.5 years of use.
—David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
However, the gym will not be closing now or anytime soon, Prince said in a phone call on Thursday.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
Most other industries — stores, restaurants, entertainment spaces, parks, gyms, etc. — typically remain open on MLK Day.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 14 Jan. 2025
For some that resolve theoretically involves dieting or gym memberships, but for increasing numbers of overweight adults (roughly three-fourths of us) there is another option: GLP-1 drugs with names like Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, with a mean weight loss of 15% to 25% at 1-1.5 years of use.
—David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
However, the gym will not be closing now or anytime soon, Prince said in a phone call on Thursday.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gym. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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