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• Employees have to take a day off and it can't be tied to theirr PTO.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• Some offices may start work a few hours late or allow some to take the day off.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
• But the Angels were in no position to convince him to take a day off.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Set it atop a box of her favorite sweets or spa day supplies, then tell her to take the day off and enjoy.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
• Instead of working out, Mexico chose to take the day off.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• The bond markets, which are often closed on Veterans Day, will not take a day off this year.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
• The holiday allows many state employees to take the day off.
  — Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN, 9 June 2023
• The outfielder tweaked his right side the night prior and manager Carlos Mendoza told him to take the day off.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 May 2024
• Fichtner felt compelled to take a day off from her job as an IT project manager to demonstrate at the courthouse.
  — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Want to take a day off skiing or snowboarding, but still take advantage of the setting?
  — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2024
• Hill says some people might still take that time to do work during the busy season, but the vast majority of workers take the day off.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
• The workers planning to take the day off have drawn attention to inequities faced in their profession.
  — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
• Some districts have held typical snow days, allowing students to kick back and take the day off.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• The union asked its members to take a day off on Friday, which falls between a public holiday on Thursday and the weekend.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 10 June 2024
• Those working in state firms and institutions were told to take a day off from work to attend the rally in front of the parliament building.
  — Dusan Stojanovic, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
• The inclement weather forced Shane Terry, 33, a Felton resident, to take the day off Monday.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
• The initial plan is for Purdy to throw two consecutive days – he will be limited in his number of throws - and then take a day off.
  — oregonlive, 26 July 2023
• Some are lured to the fields with the promise of higher wages and better working conditions, but once on-site, workers are not allowed to take a day off and face fines for any leaves.
  — Haziq Qadri, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2023
• Victoria planned to take a day off to fly across the country and work remotely for two days, which fits her hybrid work situation.
  — Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 9 July 2023
• Her mom, Candice Vega, works from home, an accountant for a small studio, but with quarterly reports due soon, work is just too busy to take the day off.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• President’s Day is a federal holiday, meaning most banks will take the day off.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
• President’s Day is a federal holiday, meaning most banks will take the day off.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2023
• But it is also often subdued as traders take the day off to extend their Thanksgiving holiday.
  — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• The medication had worked and there were no complications, but the woman’s mother was indignant that politicians had forced them to take a day off work and school to make the six-hour round trip to Atlanta.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Tuesday’s demonstrations, organized by 45 unions and organizations, are expected to prompt a large part of the female work force to take the day off.
  — Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
• Federal offices will be closed, and virtually all city, county and state divisions take a day off as well.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2023
• Embodying Dilbert, Longfellow weaves an elaborate tale of how a spontaneous decision to take a day off from work led to him having an epiphany about an inevitable race war.
  — Katie Reul, Variety, 4 Mar. 2023
• The manager told authorities Collins came to work appearing irritated and upset that day, and declined the manager’s offer to take the day off.
  — Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• National holidays were seen as occasions to learn about great figures (even Christopher Columbus) and pivotal episodes in America’s history, not just to take a day off and go shopping.
  — Leslie Lenkowsky, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024