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day release

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noun

  1. a system whereby workers are released for part-time education without loss of pay

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Airglow occurs when atoms and molecules that absorbed energy from sunlight during the day release that excess energy as light after dark.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

"It is wholly inadequate that this man who is a known flight risk is allowed out on day release," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

Ms Bradley said the police told their family last week that Meehan had failed to return to prison from day release.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024

He has been held in an open prison since 2020 and was granted day release in 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024

Love, she told herself, would one day release her from this spell of unreality.

From The Reef by Edith Wharton

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