on furlough
idiom
: with permission to be away or required to be away for a period of time from the place where one is stationed or working : experiencing such a time away
soldiers going home on furlough
workers on furlough from their jobs
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Horton was serving a life sentence for murder in Massachusetts when he was released on furlough.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Deadline understands that the company has put a number of its television staff on furlough.
—Peter White, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Both her documentary and Farhadi’s narrative feature were inspired by a real-life incident in 2011 in which a man in Iran on furlough from a debtors’ prison found a bag of gold coins and returned them to their owner rather than keeping them for himself.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
Many more junior staff and contractors within the agency have been placed on furlough as well, multiple sources told CNN.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Deadline understands that the company has put a number of its television staff on furlough.
—Peter White, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Both her documentary and Farhadi’s narrative feature were inspired by a real-life incident in 2011 in which a man in Iran on furlough from a debtors’ prison found a bag of gold coins and returned them to their owner rather than keeping them for himself.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025
Many more junior staff and contractors within the agency have been placed on furlough as well, multiple sources told CNN.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
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“On furlough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20furlough. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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