as in gyms
a building or room used for sports activities and exercising
a health spa offering aerobics classes for all levels of fitness
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Recent Examples of health spas
The Oxford Center is among the alternative medical centers or health spas that, in recent years, have offered hyperbaric oxygen therapy for conditions that it is not proven to benefit.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Sara Kopinski, a member of the city’s planning services team, said health spas are allowed in B4 but restricted by code to the second floor or above.
—Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
The 20th-century town of Pärnu along a crook of Estonia, along the Gulf of Riga, is famed for its health spas, and nothing is instantly more relaxing and reinvigorating than that whip of fresh sea air.
—Anya Meyerowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Sara Kopinski, a member of the city’s planning services team, said health spas are allowed in B4 but restricted by code to the second floor or above.
—Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
The 20th-century town of Pärnu along a crook of Estonia, along the Gulf of Riga, is famed for its health spas, and nothing is instantly more relaxing and reinvigorating than that whip of fresh sea air.
—Anya Meyerowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for health spas
Noun
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Where to Stay Lagonissi Grand Resort, on a 72-acre private peninsula with a wide range of amenities, like in-room gyms, private pools, and picturesque seaside views.—
Aileen Weintraub,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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Effective CEOs maintain their fitness baseline through hotel gyms, walking between meetings, or a run through the city that doubles as sightseeing.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Nieto, co-founder and former CEO of Life Fitness, helped pioneer the modern commercial fitness equipment industry and was instrumental in bringing exercise technology into health clubs around the world.—
Rancho Santa Fe Review,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Simon also said that darkening retail doors can be filled by growing businesses as Life Time health clubs, House of Sports, which is a relatively new concept from Dick’s Sporting Goods, and space can be repurposed to mixed uses, including outdoor uses.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Stay away from windows and do not go to large open rooms such as cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
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Stay away from windows and do not go to large open rooms such as cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Health spas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/health%20spas. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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