sick day
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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You can absolutely take a sick day for your egg retrieval in New York.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
As grades become more important to adolescents and teens in junior and senior high school, many parents also include academic considerations in their sick day decision.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024
Signed by three prominent scientists, it concludes: "It is my recommendation that they take a sick day to protest for a sick planet."
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2023
He was once officer of the year, and he never took a single sick day.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
If this is what a sick day is like, I may never go back to East Hamlin Middle.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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