leave of absence

noun phrase

1
: permission to be absent from duty or employment
2

Examples of leave of absence in a Sentence

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Sources told The News that five of the 25 controllers assigned to the Newark airspace took a leave of absence, a 20% reduction in the workforce. Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025 Perez took a leave of absence from Oxford while working on Marblar and never returned. Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 5 May 2025 The 76-year-old legend, who took a leave of absence in November after suffering a mild stroke, will now serve as the Spurs team president. Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025 In 2013, then-correspondent Lara Logan took a leave of absence from the show after a flawed report on Benghazi was found to have failed to substantiate some of the assertions of one of its key sources. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leave of absence

Word History

First Known Use

1756, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of leave of absence was in 1756

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“Leave of absence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leave%20of%20absence. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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