as in gymnasium
a building or room used for sports activities and exercising
he decided to get up early and go to the gym to lift weights
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Recent Examples of gym
Your body will respond to consistent, balanced nourishment with no gym required.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Cultivate Climbing was just a few weeks away from opening a 13,000-square foot bouldering gym and cafe on Foundy Street before the flood hit.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
The gym is accompanied by a sauna; there’s an indoor racquetball court; and the regulation-size tennis court—a rarity for waterfront homes on North Bay Boulevard—can be used in any season.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025
So does his intensity and gym-rat work ethic.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Cultivate Climbing was just a few weeks away from opening a 13,000-square foot bouldering gym and cafe on Foundy Street before the flood hit.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
The gym is accompanied by a sauna; there’s an indoor racquetball court; and the regulation-size tennis court—a rarity for waterfront homes on North Bay Boulevard—can be used in any season.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025
So does his intensity and gym-rat work ethic.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gym
gymnasium
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The remodel of the former office building included the construction of about 30 traditional classrooms, art rooms with kilns, science labs, a band room, gymnasium and cafeteria, McGlynn said.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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The former gymnasium for the laborer training school that once occupied the property and now serves as Olivet’s chapel is decorated with holiday decor on December 13, 2022, for an upcoming choir concert.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gym. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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