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Recent Examples of recreational
Manufacturers have integrated the platform into more than 25 boat models spanning 13 recreational brands.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
Detainees had little access to recreational activities and time outside, which mental health experts say exacerbates their despair.
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Perla Trevizo,
ProPublica,
3 July 2026
Organized recreational league participation, volunteering, neighborhood meeting attendance – all these settings to interact with other community members are on the decline.
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Deborah Mower,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
Things to Do There is a range of recreational activities available in the park, with hiking, camping, and cycling among the most popular.
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Scott Bay,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for recreational
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 July 2026
Detainees had little access to recreational activities and time outside, which mental health experts say exacerbates their despair.
—
Perla Trevizo,
ProPublica,
3 July 2026
Organized recreational league participation, volunteering, neighborhood meeting attendance – all these settings to interact with other community members are on the decline.
—
Deborah Mower,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
Things to Do There is a range of recreational activities available in the park, with hiking, camping, and cycling among the most popular.
—
Scott Bay,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for recreational
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recreational
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The hot new subject areas were comic-book studies, science fiction, and children’s literature.
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Brown has matured nicely in the role, exhibiting a newfound steeliness and steadily increasing comic chops.
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New reads abound for your vacation tote throughout the weeks of July, with fiction picks featuring a Carnival cruise casualty, a highly entertaining jewel heist at the Waldorf-Astoria, and a Soviet-era madcap adventure.
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And that’s the question that underlies much of what’s onscreen in this perplexing, entertaining, frustrating picture.
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Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly joined Lacoste ambassador and actor Pierre Niney for the humorous promotional film, produced by Niney’s production company.
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As the search continued, humorous posts imagining where Gracie might show up next spread across social media.
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The camp blends fun dance instruction with bold characters, exciting music and imaginative storytelling.
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Newer spaces like Salted Melon, The Craic and Laurel Park offer fresh takes with a relaxed feel and fun patio spaces, while mainstays like Rhino Market and Arthur’s fill up with longtime fans.
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Each installment feels like a fever dream of absurd fear mongering about crime, meant to hype Knightscope’s brand of high-tech surveillance and divorced from reality in unintentionally comical ways.
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But for all the manosphere poking and parodying, Kyle University isn’t solely there to gather laughs or generate comical confusion.
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More of us are rediscovering the appeal of doing things the harder (though usually more enjoyable) way.
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Choosing snacks that are both healthy and appealing to kids can make snack time easier and more enjoyable.
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Houssem Aouar finally spied a gap in the Austrian defence and sent Mahrez through to score, sparking jubilation before Sasa Kalajdzic’s header confirmed a ridiculous ending to a game that was dramatic, bleak and then dramatic again.
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This laptop can absolutely handle a ridiculous number of tabs.
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The spectacularly antic tale of originals and doubles, locals and outsiders, visually and philosophically lampoons the very concept of identity.
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Wilde’s Angela is expressive and antic; Rogen’s Joe is sullen and snarky.
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“Recreational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recreational. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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