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Recent Examples of recreational
Despite water temperatures that remain cold early in the season, recreational swimmers frequent the region's beaches.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
On the bottom half of the list, Mesa and Gilbert performed poorly in the quality of parks and recreational facilities categories.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
Catfish were introduced into the bay in the 1970s and 1980s to support recreational fishery.
—Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 14 July 2025
The capital itself has announced numerous events with recreational activities open for visitors (and his hometown of Vega Baja is even offering tours of his childhood haunts), but most eyes are on the local scene itself.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
On the bottom half of the list, Mesa and Gilbert performed poorly in the quality of parks and recreational facilities categories.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
Catfish were introduced into the bay in the 1970s and 1980s to support recreational fishery.
—Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 14 July 2025
The capital itself has announced numerous events with recreational activities open for visitors (and his hometown of Vega Baja is even offering tours of his childhood haunts), but most eyes are on the local scene itself.
—Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recreational
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Will fans be able to meet George Lucas at San Diego Comic-Con? San Diego Comic-Con, unlike other comic conventions, does not host meet-and-greet experiences.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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Mason is a stand-up comic Pryor's youngest son is a stand-up comic, just like his dad.—
Julie Tremaine,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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Over the past year, the entertaining expert’s wardrobe has received no shortage of heart eyes from me — her gold sandals, leopard print bag, and crochet sweater are just a few examples.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
25 July 2025
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The main level flows with intent: a gracious foyer and generous living room overlook the gardens, while a refined kitchen — complete with a butler’s pantry — anchors the space for effortless entertaining. Upstairs, three bedrooms offer surprising scale, with ample closet space and natural light.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
24 July 2025
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The plot moves along at a clip with time for small character subplots and humorous banter between big action set pieces.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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The frontman's humorous heads-up came after an exec was caught canoodling with a colleague at a recent show.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
22 July 2025
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That’s what makes music fun: Giving people an opportunity to choose something that they’re obsessed with in a song outside of the lyrics or the melody.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
14 July 2025
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Snapping photos and posting them on social media is a fun way to share a travel adventure.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
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In the first movie, Weathers’ character met a comical demise (by falling out of a window after Happy surprised him with the body of the alligator who bit off his hand) and later made an appearance from heaven.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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Despite the fact that the name for mecha in this setting is the obviously comical wanzer, its influences are very clearly from mecha anime such as Armored Trooper VOTOMS.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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Thomas, Scheffler, DeChambeau, McIlroy and Koepka are seen throughout the movie, participating in Gilmore’s ridiculous training sessions and eventually battling an antagonistic group of golfers from the fictional Maxi professional golf league.—
Stephanie Stremplewski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 July 2025
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These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
25 July 2025
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The antic good humor with which those humans under attack cope is admirable, but we’re reminded this is no joke when one employee’s visiting teenage son is killed.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2025
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The energy of the performances — from Aduba’s deadpan forthrightness to the more antic work by comedians like Marino and Jane Curtin (as the president’s grouchy mother-in-law) — and the rat-a-tat style of all the conversations carries the day.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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The scene was more amusing than threatening — onlookers whipped out cell phone cameras to document the sight of horses traversing the grounds.—
Jim Newton,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
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For two-thirds of the day, as the peloton rolled through Brittany, the majority of soundbites ranged from frivolous to downright amusing.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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“Recreational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreational. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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