as in holidaying
to take or spend a vacation
hoping to vacation in Spain this summer
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Recent Examples of vacationing
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
When my own kids were teenagers, vacationing with their boring parents (that would include moi) wasn’t exactly on their list of favorite activities.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Louise Herrle, a retiree from Pittsburgh, and her husband got stranded in Dubai, where the couple had been vacationing when the war broke out.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
At the Victor Hotel, where elderly retirees from New York are vacationing, the young organizers of the Art Deco Weekend spruce up the lobby with potted palms.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
In 1893, Scottish-Canadian author, Robert Barr, wrote a short story about an unhappy married couple that was vacationing in the Swiss Alps when the husband plots to push his wife off of a cliff.
—Mary Beth Skylis, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
The two spitballed the first movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, while vacationing in Hawaii in 1977.
—Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Mickela Mallozzi dances with the same fervor that Anthony Bourdain brought to eating, that Sam Brown brings to vacationing, and that Rick Steves brings to doing Europe on a shoestring.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
In July, the mother-daughter duo twinned in tiny two-pieces while vacationing in Ibiza, Spain, with Kate favoring a leopard print set.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
There's a sense of calm that comes with vacationing on an island, and Oak Island (one of six spots that make up the Brunswick Islands) certainly delivers that.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
When my own kids were teenagers, vacationing with their boring parents (that would include moi) wasn’t exactly on their list of favorite activities.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Louise Herrle, a retiree from Pittsburgh, and her husband got stranded in Dubai, where the couple had been vacationing when the war broke out.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
At the Victor Hotel, where elderly retirees from New York are vacationing, the young organizers of the Art Deco Weekend spruce up the lobby with potted palms.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
In 1893, Scottish-Canadian author, Robert Barr, wrote a short story about an unhappy married couple that was vacationing in the Swiss Alps when the husband plots to push his wife off of a cliff.
—Mary Beth Skylis, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
The two spitballed the first movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, while vacationing in Hawaii in 1977.
—Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Mickela Mallozzi dances with the same fervor that Anthony Bourdain brought to eating, that Sam Brown brings to vacationing, and that Rick Steves brings to doing Europe on a shoestring.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2026
In July, the mother-daughter duo twinned in tiny two-pieces while vacationing in Ibiza, Spain, with Kate favoring a leopard print set.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacationing
Adjective
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Congress looks increasingly deadlocked, public opposition to his aggressive moves at home and abroad mounts, and the central issue for many Americans – cost-of-living concerns – defies easy solutions.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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Ultimately, linking his story to abroad conversation around CTE.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The tradition was started by Queen Elizabeth in 1988, meaning all of her grandchildren grew up holidaying at the beloved home.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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That gives you all the more reason to visit Cannes during those book-end seasons outside of hot summer and holidaying winter.—
Caitlin Gunther,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sir Ian McKellen stars as a retired pop art sensation who is now the target of a greedy inheritance plot to forge and complete his eight unfinished canvases.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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The one remaining commissioner is Elizabeth Garfield, a retired lawyer who represented the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City, the labor union for LAFD firefighters, in negotiating three collective bargaining agreements.—
Paul Pringle,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the kitchen, Wells grabs a round of dough resting in semolina flour.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Liann and Taylor are like mirror images of one another, each with a bent knee resting on the window and the other foot on the floor.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Vacationing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacationing. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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