sabbatical year
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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
The campaign also coincided with the Jewish sabbatical year known as “shmita” or the year of release.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2023
During the pandemic sabbatical year, which offered plenty of time for reflection, Chen and Xi realized that fostering a classical-music community meant building not only a listening/ticket-buying base but a fellowship of participants.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021
The seventh year, which is there a relative one, has here become fixed,—not varying for the various properties, but common for the whole land, a sabbatical year after the manner of the Sabbath day.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
