as in hobby
an activity that you enjoy doing during your free time
Her favorite pastime is gardening. Baseball has been a national pastime for years.
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In the nineteen-thirties, Gypsy Rose Lee, perhaps the world’s most famous stripper, helped transform burlesque from a vulgar pastime to café-society entertainment, simply by acting refined.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
If billiards has the reputation of being a pastime for gamblers, hustlers and hanger-oners, the female-centric biweekly pool tournament at 4100 Bar offers a friendly, supportive alternative.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
We are being offered entrance to a new pastime, pursuit or community.
—Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
The pastime of pinball has lived a fraught existence.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
If billiards has the reputation of being a pastime for gamblers, hustlers and hanger-oners, the female-centric biweekly pool tournament at 4100 Bar offers a friendly, supportive alternative.
—Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
We are being offered entrance to a new pastime, pursuit or community.
—Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
The pastime of pinball has lived a fraught existence.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 6 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for pastime
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“Pastime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastime. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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