recreational
adjective
rec·re·a·tion·al ˌre-krē-ˈā-sh(ə-)nəl 
1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of recreation
a recreational area
recreational activities
2
: of or relating to recreational drugs or their use
a recreational drug user
Colorado's burgeoning marijuana industry had struggled under its own astonishing success since legal recreational sales began Jan. 1.—
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recreationally adverb
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Boyd said regulators published the recent bulletin to share more details about how the agency, which employs 26 investigators to monitor roughly 2,100 medical and recreational businesses, is working to maintain the integrity of the local industry. —Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026 November will mark 10 years since the passage of Prop 64, which legalized recreational marijuana in California. —John Ramos, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 Other amenities include a 3,000-square-foot recreational facility with a commercial gym and a saltwater swimming pool. —Desiree Mathurin april 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026 Yet two recent analyses of existing gold-standard research — one of which D’Souza coauthored — found using medical or recreational marijuana for those conditions did not help at all. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recreational
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Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026 November will mark 10 years since the passage of Prop 64, which legalized recreational marijuana in California. —John Ramos, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 Other amenities include a 3,000-square-foot recreational facility with a commercial gym and a saltwater swimming pool. —Desiree Mathurin april 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026 Yet two recent analyses of existing gold-standard research — one of which D’Souza coauthored — found using medical or recreational marijuana for those conditions did not help at all. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recreational
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“Recreational.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/recreational. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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