pastime

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Recent Examples of pastime Baseball is often referred to as America’s pastime, but recent data suggests that football has taken the lead in popularity. Mark Lasota, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 One of the great theatrical speeches written in the last 25 years, this vertiginous paean to America’s pastime was no doubt a factor in O’Hare’s win. Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025 Against the backdrop of Fourth of July, the two worst current incarnations of America’s pastime played a weekend series on America’s birthday. Sam Blum, New York Times, 7 July 2025 That affinity extended to some of the less-Portuguese pastimes. Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pastime
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Noun
  • In some cases, similarity, in terms of sharing the same political views or hobbies, was linked to better relationship outcomes.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • Yet today ternary computers are just hobby projects.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Women’s sports, especially basketball, are experiencing a remarkable surge.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Smith’s deal highlights how, in today’s unmistakably commercialized era of college sports, universities are explicitly prioritizing revenue over all other forms of verifiable success.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 July 2025

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“Pastime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastime. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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