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sabbatical

[suh-bat-i-kuhl] / səˈbæt ɪ kəl /


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From 1997 to 2005, he took a sabbatical to raise his children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The project took shape after Lepland arrived at Caltech for a sabbatical.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

“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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