annual leave
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He said this year's Christmas Eve would be the busiest, with workers saving on annual leave days and heading off on getaways at the last minute.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
She alleged staff were being fired and rehired on "substantially worse" terms and conditions, including a decrease in annual leave.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
The union says its employer's removal of six days' annual leave from members' contracts, pay stagnation and a widening ethnicity pay gap has made them "particularly angry".
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
Mr Sutherland was given a £14,000 payment for annual leave he did not use and in December 2024 it emerged Wics spent a total of £105,000 on his departure from the organisation a year earlier.
From BBC • May 16, 2025
He was the junior of the two secretaries who render the personnel p. 147of the United States Legation in London exceptionally numerous, and was at present enjoying his annual leave of absence.
From Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales by James, Henry
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