playtime
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For many children, screen time eats into playtime.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
California made recess the law beginning in the 2023-24 school year, requiring at least 30 minutes of playtime daily for K-6 students and banning teachers and staff from taking it away as punishment.
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
With all the visitors engaged in playtime pursuits, however, Apples to Apples is the only game left on the shelf, and Mackenzie grabs it, not knowing the sordid history.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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
But mother and Alice helped her and before very long they had bought a pretty little gray coat and one pink afternoon dress and two pink and two blue rompers for playtimes.
From Mary Jane: Her Book by Judson, Clara Ingram
Beyond these playtimes she saw the "things I could do for Erik"—and she admitted that Erik did partly make up the image of her altogether perfect artist.
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
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