as in holiday
a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended
area schools are on vacation that week in February so local ski resorts do a booming business
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as in to holiday
to take or spend a vacation
hoping to vacation in Spain this summer
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Recent Examples of vacation
Charna Flam, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Smiley partnered with a host agency, KHM Travel Group, to learn about the industry and access crucial partnerships to start booking vacations for clients.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
According to her family, she was killed on her second night in Turks and Caicos after vacationing there for her sister's birthday, ABC 7 Chicago reported.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Then, three years later in June 2022, Goff proposed on a vacation with friends and the pair announced their engagement.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Smiley partnered with a host agency, KHM Travel Group, to learn about the industry and access crucial partnerships to start booking vacations for clients.
—Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
An Illinois deputy was killed in a shooting while vacationing in Turks and Caicos with her family over the weekend, authorities say.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
According to her family, she was killed on her second night in Turks and Caicos after vacationing there for her sister's birthday, ABC 7 Chicago reported.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacation
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The previous chapter, Paddington 2, opened over MLK weekend 2018 after Warner Bros saved the film from the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy, that pic also bowing to $15M over a 4-day holiday.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Weekly cases peaked at 577 late last year, before plummeting to less than 200 over the New Year's holiday.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Judges have paused Musk's access to Treasury information and blocked more than 2,000 USAID employees from being put on leave.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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One of Trump’s first acts as president after taking office in January was to sign an executive order ending the government’s DEI programs and putting federal officials overseeing those initiatives on leave.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2025
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Review:Kendrick Lamar's fierce Super Bowl halftime show elevates Drake feud, makes history Need a break?—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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As The Hollywood Reporter detailed in a cover story last year, Zendaya and Levinson’s relationship also cooled during the long break.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Vacation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacation. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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