sabbatical
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One was a tech engineer who took a sabbatical year at age 44 with income near zero after exercising options strategically to free up cash to pay the tax.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The very public sabbatical produced one of his best-known albums, 1962's "The Bridge," and has led to proposals to rename the Williamsburg Bridge in Rollins' honor.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
At the time, he was taking a sabbatical from the National Theatre of Scotland in the US and Black Watch, which he'd directed and co-created, was on tour there.
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
I enjoyed my life in the City of Brotherly Love, but I had read that Ecuador was affordable and thought that I could decamp there as a temporary base for my self-imposed sabbatical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
“He’s usually reading five books at once, and when he took a sabbatical leave when he was at Dartmouth, he spent the time writing a novel.”
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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