playtime
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playtimes
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noun
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Origin of playtime
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For many children, screen time eats into playtime.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Teachers use it as a behavioral bargaining chip, administrators weigh playtime against sagging test scores and researchers argue over how best to structure the minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Pixar said the newcomer has "her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie", raising the question: "Will playtime ever be the same?"
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
In the meantime, Maxwell was moved to a cushy prison and given all kinds of perks, including puppy playtime.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2025
We had our fun and our playtime, of course.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
PLN’s programs span generations and include toddler parent-child playtimes, summer academic and cultural enrichment for children through ninth grade, parent leadership training and teen services that range from career exploration to game nights.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
He is wearing out his beloved Chihuahua, Gracie, with extended playtimes.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
The BFI venue benefited from multiple playtimes each day, as opposed to just 38 showings over 28 days for Secret Cinema, although premium prices for the latter, reflecting the ambitious production values, boosted its takings.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2012
Later, together, they explored the world of music, literature, science, and art, spending the long summer playtimes, still together, traveling in both well-known and little-known lands.
From The Road to Understanding by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
I'll tell you what, Lloyd, let's come up here once a year after this, just to keep tryst with our old playtimes.
From The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
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