gap year
a period of time, usually an academic or calendar year, in which a student takes a break from school to travel, work, or volunteer, typically after ending high school and before starting college.
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Enter the grown-up gap year, a midlife version of the time some students take off before attending college.
You’re a different person when you travel. Here’s why, and how to transform yourself at home. | Jen Rose Smith | October 7, 2021 | Washington PostIn 2019—at the age of 50—I embarked on a midlife gap year of my own.
“[Our fans are] mostly gap-year public-school girls,” said the band's multi-instrumentalist Ben Lovett.
Mumford & Sons’ Hilarious Parody Video, Featuring Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, and More | Victoria Kezra | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for gap year
British a year's break taken by a student between leaving school and starting further education
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