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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Partaking in this pastime, popular since the 16th century, is simple: To reserve a spot, identify how many people will be in your party, and spread out a blanket.
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Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
This realization led her to expand her content to include discussions on hobbies, particularly intellectual pastimes.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
The episode, though, underscored the truism that the papacy is a matter of general public knowledge, interest and debate here, and that speculating about the pope’s current health and who might be next is a national pastime.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The likely origin of tarot was the Italian Renaissance, when cards became a popular pastime in the courts of Venice and Milan.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
This realization led her to expand her content to include discussions on hobbies, particularly intellectual pastimes.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
The episode, though, underscored the truism that the papacy is a matter of general public knowledge, interest and debate here, and that speculating about the pope’s current health and who might be next is a national pastime.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The likely origin of tarot was the Italian Renaissance, when cards became a popular pastime in the courts of Venice and Milan.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Pastime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastime. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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