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
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
The moment is a reminder that even the most picture-perfect family vacations can take a wild detour — and that sometimes the best parenting move is just rolling with it.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
The family earning $175,000 — a household income that would have felt unambiguously prosperous in any prior decade — now spends its evenings absorbing content from people who vacation in the Maldives, renovate kitchens that cost more than a median home, and treat business class as a hardship.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Choose from a dozen colorways to best suit her style, whether minimal and sleek or eclectic and curated.
Upgrade her sunglasses just in time for that family vacation.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026
The moment is a reminder that even the most picture-perfect family vacations can take a wild detour — and that sometimes the best parenting move is just rolling with it.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
These people don’t know how to vacation!
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026
The family earning $175,000 — a household income that would have felt unambiguously prosperous in any prior decade — now spends its evenings absorbing content from people who vacation in the Maldives, renovate kitchens that cost more than a median home, and treat business class as a hardship.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacation
Noun
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However, due to the Passover holiday this month, the deadline for mail-in-ballots was extended to April 28.—
Helen Acevedo,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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The truce, poised to coincide with Russia’s Victory Day holiday on May 9, would come several weeks after Kyiv and Moscow negotiated a ceasefire around Orthodox Easter, though each side accused the other of violations.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The roots are deep, the canopy wide, and the song in the leaves, especially in the hands of an ensemble like this one, always worth rehearing.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Inside the formula, castor oil, soybean oil, and panthenol leave hair smooth and shiny, while calming chamomile and calendula extracts keep your scalp irritation-free.—
Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
26 Apr. 2026
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Steele is now unlikely to rejoin the Cubs’ rotation until after the July All-Star break, Counsell estimated.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Wagner led the team at the halfway mark with 17 points, scoring 10 points in the paint before the break.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Vacation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacation. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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