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- adverb In a
recreational manner, forrecreation , for fun or entertainment.
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Examples
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The guy popping Ritalin recreationally is really going to go score an 8-ball if they can't get their pills anymore?
Ask your doctor, and she may ask about you (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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The question I have is that if, even after doing this, some small subset of the population still uses heroin recreationally, do we allow those people to purchase it through a pharmacy in order to undercut the black market?
Sound Politics: Health Effects Of Pot Get Short Shrift: Bummer, Man 2007
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People who begin using "recreationally" -- a weekend here, a weekend there -- commonly find themselves, without warning, using on a weekly basis, then on a daily basis.
The Crystal Meth Crisis among Gays Glenn Greenwald 2005
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People who begin using "recreationally" -- a weekend here, a weekend there -- commonly find themselves, without warning, using on a weekly basis, then on a daily basis.
Archive 2005-11-01 Glenn Greenwald 2005
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Because we have those substances embedded and normalised within our culture does not make it right or sensible, in personal or social harm terms, to argue as you do, for legalisation of every other possible substance that humans might conceivably want to use - (awful word) "recreationally".
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Drug use even "recreationally" will affect a persons ability to be productive, their ability to be responsible for their family, and eventually they will come looking for a handout.
Sound Politics: Seattle's Homeless Drug Addicts Help Themselves 2006
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It's been nine years and 21 days since I've killed anything "recreationally".
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2006
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It's adult, they have fun — recreationally and in the sheets.
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We are three friends, who look at and participate in art, sometimes professionally, sometimes recreationally, sometimes together, but always with a sense of an adventure and excitement.
Artlog: What Were Your Favorites in 2010? Artlog 2011
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A fact that proves that high-thread count sheets, indulgent spas and A-list chefs go a lot further than prestigious film festivals or even playing host to an Olympic games do in getting noticed by the recreationally affluent set.
Eric Villency: Deer Valley, the St. Regis, and the Best Snow on Earth Eric Villency 2011
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