sabbaticals

plural of sabbatical
as in vacations
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 sabbaticals For cultural and biological reasons, female tennis players far more commonly take sabbaticals. — Josh Levin, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 Experimenting with ideas like the four-day workweek, longer sabbaticals, and cultures where recovery is understood not as a luxury, but as a leadership capability. — Denielle Sachs, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 DiDonna also identified the moments when sabbaticals tend to land best. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026 Mostly in the Palisades with intermittent sabbaticals from my dad. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026 In an article for the Harvard Business Review, the researchers made a case for sabbaticals as a tool employers could use to recruit, keep and foster talented workers. — Colleen Newvine, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026 Taking a break from college to be a ski bum in Vail, Colorado, set Gregory Du Bois on a path of taking mini-sabbaticals throughout his corporate IT career. — Colleen Newvine, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026 Faculty are constantly taking sabbaticals for stress management, including the principal. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026 Galleries featuring emerging artists, a rotating list of artists-in-residence, as well as a program offering semester-long sabbaticals, were also on the docket for the unfulfilled project. — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sabbaticals
Noun
  • That’s because new data says boomers are splashing their cash on vacations instead of setting it aside for future generations.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Hey, look, those European vacations aren’t going to pay for themselves.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Beyond the breaks stood forests of giant kelp, each capable of growing as much as 50 centimeters a day.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Some kids come into this life and catch all the breaks and start making money and going places and radiating confidence and functionality and the world opens right up to them.
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Layoffs, unpaid staff furloughs and school closures probably are ahead as the leaders downsize operations.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Pilots, flight attendants and other aviation workers faced pay cuts and furloughs from the decrease in flyers.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Children shouted, amped up on sugar and adrenaline, while orange leaves crunched under their feet.
    — Isa Mudannayake, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The leaves aren’t the only things wild with color this season.
    — Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Travelling can be stressful, especially around the busy holidays.
    — Melissa May, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Mum called Aunt Jackie to invite her and informed her that all women were to dress in black—an odd request for the most Irish of holidays.
    — Kerry Kennedy, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • All year long, there’s been a lot of bellyaching over the creative liberties that Christopher Nolan (The Odyssey), Zach Cregger (Resident Evil) and the Lanterns team took with their respective adaptations.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The book, of course, goes much more in depth into Bela’s story, but the film takes plenty of other liberties in bringing the tale to the big screen.
    — William Earl, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Sabbaticals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sabbaticals. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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