as in vacation
a period of time during which someone does not work at their regular job
Several professors will be taking sabbaticals this year. She recently returned to work after a two-year sabbatical from her acting career.
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Recent Examples of sabbatical
Browsing their pages reveals fundraisers for anything from birthday holidays and sabbaticals to more serious trips for life-saving surgery or evacuation from conflict zones.
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Rosie Bell, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
This could include flexible work, good health insurance, a strong 401(k) match, or perks like sabbaticals and mental health days.
—Kara Dennison, Sphr, Cprw, Ec, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Positive Micro-Actions For us, preventing burnout is not necessarily about encouraging big things like sabbaticals or huge team off-sites.
—Sammy Rubin, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Greg Brockman, the company's president and co-founder, is taking an extended sabbatical until the end of the year, while another co-founder, John Schulman, permanently departed for rival Anthropic.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2024
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Rosie Bell, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
This could include flexible work, good health insurance, a strong 401(k) match, or perks like sabbaticals and mental health days.
—Kara Dennison, Sphr, Cprw, Ec, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Positive Micro-Actions For us, preventing burnout is not necessarily about encouraging big things like sabbaticals or huge team off-sites.
—Sammy Rubin, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Greg Brockman, the company's president and co-founder, is taking an extended sabbatical until the end of the year, while another co-founder, John Schulman, permanently departed for rival Anthropic.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sabbatical
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Guy is in Bora Bora in his vacation polo and khaki shorts, and Chock has opted for a button-up and full-on khakis.Alice Burton, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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And those agents can actually ruin deals — like the one who tried to negotiate a price down by insulting the home, which turned off her sellers, or another who threatened a sale by going on vacation instead of signing papers at a closing.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Is the McRib back:When the McDonald's sandwich's 'farewell tour' launches in Arizona Need a break?Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Greater Cincinnati restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day 2024 Red Roost Tavern Open from 7-10 a.m. and 4-10 p.m. Need a break?Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Boeing said the strike is costing the company nearly a billion dollars a month and led the company to start one-week furlough for employees.Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Oct. 2024
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Boeing fuselage maker Spirit AeroSystems earlier this week put about 700 Wichita, Kansas, workers on a 21-day furlough.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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While on leave, Kennedy has continued to participate in Children’s Health Defense events.Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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In September, the San Jose Police Department placed Truong on leave after the district attorney’s office charged him with felony grand theft tied to mortgage fraud allegations, prompting Mahan to pull his endorsement.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Although discounts run intermittently all year, Total Wireless Black Friday deals and holiday promotions will save you the most money on your phone purchases.Molly Higgins, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
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Visitors were treated to music from community choirs, dance groups, Christmas characters and holiday cheer.J.T. Wampler, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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This definition also said that while people can justifiably be forced to do certain things, most obviously to refrain from infringing the liberty of others, they cannot be coerced to serve the good of other members of society.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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The city around him still bore the wounds of war, and the jamming together of wreckage and reconstruction had its enduring effect, as Auerbach recalled: There was a curious feeling of liberty about because everybody who was living there had escaped death in some way.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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