gap year

noun

: a one-year hiatus from academic studies to allow for nonacademic activities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web And done the gap year thing in India, and backpacked around. —

Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2022 But Paul does something more complex: Larfarge uses the thoroughly contemporary story of a traumatized graduate on her European gap year to boldly reinterpret Gauguin’s life and legacy. —

Ella Fox-martens, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2022 Maggie Bachenberg got into cycling during a cross country bike trip during her gap year after high school. —

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022 The way to make this lower risk is to commit to it being a productive gap year. —

Robert Hackett, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2021 In the meantime, outdoor semester programs for high schoolers and students taking a gap year are experiencing record demand. —

Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2020 William met Craig in Africa during his pre-college gap year in 2000, while visiting her family's Kenyan wildlife reserve as part of his service trip. —

Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Dec. 2022 On said gap year, William trimmed his formerly-long 'do. —

Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2022 So, in June, Blumenthal applied to a gap year program at the High Mountain Institute (HMI) in Leadville, Colorado. —

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