taken leave

ADJECTIVE

gone

Synonyms

STRONG

absent consumed decamped deceased departed disappeared disintegrated displaced dissipated dissolved done elapsed ended finished flown lacking left lost missing moved passed quit removed retired shifted spent split transferred traveling vanished withdrawn

WEAK

AWOL astray away burned up dead defunct down the drain dried-up extinct no more nonextant not a sign of not here out the window over past taken a powder turned to dust

Antonyms

STRONG

alive existing living present

WEAK

around current

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taken leave

Summers has since taken leave from his teaching duties; Harvard, where he served as president from 2001 to 2006, announced it would review information about his Epstein ties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

Mr Read had taken leave of absence from his day job to prepare for the inquiry.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024

I’m Ben Mathis-Lilley, filling in for Jim Newell, who has taken leave to participate in a touring hip-hop version of the Nutcracker called Dr. Crackenstein’s Funky Christmas.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023

The few polls taken leave it unclear which side has an edge, and there are plausible scenarios in favor of both.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2023

Filch evidently thought Professor McGonagall had taken leave of her senses, but hobbled away, hunch-shouldered, muttering under his breath.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

taken leave

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