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sabbatical

[suh-bat-i-kuhl] / səˈbæt ɪ kəl /


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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

Yapp will work part-time for the Lions from July, before taking a full sabbatical from the RFU to work full-time as Lions head coach from January.

From BBC May 27, 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

Zach Sokoloff, who is on sabbatical from his job as senior vice president for asset management at Hackman Capital Partners, is challenging Mejia in the June 2 primary.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

When the couple and their daughter had returned from their sabbatical, Pearl had not even been able to look at the girl, tanned and wiry and too tall now for those dresses in the closet.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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