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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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.
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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
Most notoriously, George H.W. Bush used a photo of Willie Horton — who raped a woman while on furlough for another crime — to defeat Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential contest.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
With more people on furlough, laid off or with additional time on their hands, conversations on social media increased around defrauding stimulus programs like the Paycheck Protection Program and increased unemployment benefits, McKenna said.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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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
Most notoriously, George H.W. Bush used a photo of Willie Horton — who raped a woman while on furlough for another crime — to defeat Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential contest.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
With more people on furlough, laid off or with additional time on their hands, conversations on social media increased around defrauding stimulus programs like the Paycheck Protection Program and increased unemployment benefits, McKenna said.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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“On furlough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20furlough. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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