health club

noun

1. a usually private club that offers its members facilities for exercising and physical conditioning.

Word History and Origins

Origin of health club¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

In short order, the Salomon Brothers trading floor gave birth to small markets in bonds funded by all sorts of strange stuff: credit card receivables, aircraft leases, auto loans, health club dues.

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This particular 24 Hour Fitness is a flagship location for the health club chain.

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The Altar, a health club opening in New York this fall, is the brainchild of a group of founders with backgrounds in high finance and fashion.

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Jody Bunting was arrested in November 2023 after his manager at a Derby hotel's health club had a severe allergic reaction from inhaling cocoa.

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I clicked my heels together — I happened to be wearing red suede sneakers — and mumbled to myself: “There’s no place like a posh, membership-only holistic health club.”

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