Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The going on a vacation.
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- verb Present participle of
vacation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of taking a vacation
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Examples
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For any of these politicians including the president to include much of the time presently that they should be spending doing their jobs to get this country back in line while instead "vacationing", is an act of malfeasance and ignorance, and shows how really lazy these elected officials are.
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One of the only drawbacks to vacationing is that you are often forced to eat […]
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He demanded that I call my vacationing supervisor, my brand-new supervisor, to have him overrule me.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID VECSEY 2011
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It didn’t quite ruin the trip, but vacationing is hard work.
Thoughts On The Trip Home That Do Not Involve Skull-Fucking The FAA 2006
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He told The Blade that while his former chief of staff, Brian Hicks, typically held himself to “very high standards of ethical conduct,” it is a “disappointment” to him if Mr. Hicks acted unethically in vacationing at Mr. Noe’s home for less-than-market rates.
05/13/2005 2005
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Faneuil says he then called the vacationing Bacanovic, who agreed, telling him to confirm it with a Merrill Lynch manager.
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Tom Lipiros, the owner of Margate Travel on Atlantic Avenue, introduced the idea of vacationing in Riviera Maya to Sanchez nine years ago.
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Tom Lipiros, the owner of Margate Travel on Atlantic Avenue, introduced the idea of vacationing in Riviera Maya to Sanchez nine years ago.
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Tom Lipiros, the owner of Margate Travel on Atlantic Avenue, introduced the idea of vacationing in Riviera Maya to Sanchez nine years ago.
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The San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday that the mayor has called vacationing fire
CBS 5 - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports 2010
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Anicich said some of the new phrases around work reflect this stalemate: “quiet vacationing” (secretly going on vacation but Zooming in to meetings like you are at home), “bare-minimum Mondays,” “rage applying,” “resenteeism” (staying in your job, but with maximum crankiness) and “coffee badging.”
Workplace jargon reflects changing power dynamics - Marketplace Stacey Vanek Smith 2024
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