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
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
Miami-Dade County is, no doubt, an ideal setting for a vacation-like retirement.
—Vi At Aventura, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Soon, other red-hot designers of the ’90s, like Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs, were vacationing there too.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Finding Free People on sale is the kind of pre-trip win that sets the whole vacation off right, and this Hot Shot Onsie is absolutely worth snagging.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
Miami-Dade County is, no doubt, an ideal setting for a vacation-like retirement.
—Vi At Aventura, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
The family was vacationing in Abaco, Bahamas, a region where sharks are far from rare.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Soon, other red-hot designers of the ’90s, like Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs, were vacationing there too.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacation
Noun
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Their annual festive holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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Americans in general, however, seem to love the Easter holiday.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Most dry grasses, dead leaves, and other tree litter could easily ignite and spread fire quickly.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2026
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Garnish with a pinch of thyme leaves.—
C.W. Cameron,
AJC.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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Her youngest son Oliver, now 2, was born with a hole in his heart and needed surgery, sending her on a six-month social media break.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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That, more than anything else, is the lesson of this international break.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Vacation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacation. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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