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sabbatical year



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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

He said at the time that he was taking a sabbatical year and added he could be open to coaching a national team after his year off.

From Washington Times Aug. 18, 2023

In 1970, when the family left for a sabbatical year in Trujillo, Peru, the Kochs made sure to rent their home to a Black family, apparently the first in the neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2023

Hart said he would propose a similar campaign during the next Jewish sabbatical year, which falls in 2028.

From Washington Post Mar. 3, 2023

The sabbatical year, according to the legislator's own declaration, was never observed throughout the whole pre-exilic period; for, according to Leviticus xxvi.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius



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