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Judge Irv Maze is substituting in the seventh division of Jefferson Circuit Court while Judge Melissa Logan Bellows is out on a leave of absence.—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 In February 2023, a sudden onset of mysterious symptoms landed Hope, 6, in the hospital for two weeks and forced Kotb to take a leave of absence from the Today show.—Julia Moore, People.com, 28 May 2025 Hanson noted on Friday that the organization’s executive director, Jenne Nelson, had taken a leave of absence to work in the Ward 4 office at City Hall, leaving much of the organization’s day-to-day management on the shoulders of a single staffer.—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2025 According to the 2nd century text, an unknown Roman senator who rose to the high rank of praetor once requested that Caligula grant him a leave of absence due to an undescribed ailment.—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for leave of absence
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