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

Many who have watched the effects of such continuous study would advocate a complete sabbatical year in which systematic study should be suspended entirely for girls at some period between fourteen and eighteen.

From Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir