sick day
Americannoun
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sick days
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Does this count as a sick day, or would I need to use a personal day?
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
It’s harder for folks who can work remotely to justify using a sick day, because technology makes it so easy to limp along through our tasks when we should be resting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 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
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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