sabbatical
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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
Harry then spent a sabbatical year in Australia and Africa, caring for orphans in Lesotho, where he founded a charity in Diana's memory.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 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
Commencement speakers, why not give these expressions a sabbatical? seat of the pants.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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