: a one-year hiatus from academic studies to allow for nonacademic activities
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Her plan after graduation was to take a gap year with the intention of going to physician assistant school.—Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026 So congrats to all on your mandatory gap years.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026 Early in his tenure, to great national fanfare, the governor advertised a new program of community service to allow high school graduates to enjoy gap years.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026 That reframing matters because most adult gap years are self-funded.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gap year