Thesaurus results for SABBATICALS

sabbaticals

noun

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

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Noun

Nicks said she's specifically noticed steep price increases over recent years in the grocery store produce aisle and when looking at airline flights for vacations.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
On his Instagram, Hori posted pictures of beach vacations in Europe and the Caribbean.

— Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of vacations

Noun

If price breaks above $600, shares clear a major hurdle and a quick pop — driven by a short squeeze and fast money playing the breakout — could follow.

— Jay Woods, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
The 22-dish menu runs nearly three hours and is deliberately less intense than Anand's Thailand flagship, with a page of house rules on phone use and smoke breaks handed out before the welcome drink.

— Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of breaks

Noun

This spirit makes drinks that pair perfectly with the season as the leaves fall and the sweaters come out of the back of the closet.

— Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, a spacious surface leaves room for monitors, notebooks, coffee, plants, and whatever other essentials keep her ideas flowing.

— Ethan Stone October 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaves

Noun

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
McCarthy does take some liberties by occasionally stepping away from the conference sessions to show us the participants in a more relaxed mode, speaking off the cuff, sometimes even arguing in more direct fashion.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026

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