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administrative leaves

administrative leaves is the plural of administrative leave.

Meaning of administrative leave

Noun

administrative leave (usually uncountable, plural administrative leaves)

  1. (usually) A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.
    • The moves also came just one day before almost all of the agency’s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, will be put on indefinite administrative leave.2025 February 6, Karoun Demirjian, Aishvarya Kavi, “Trump Administration to Lay Off Nearly All of USAID Staff”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about administrative leaves

What is administrative leaves the plural of?
Administrative leaves is the plural of administrative leave.

Words near administrative leaves in the dictionary

  1. administrative kingship
  2. administrative law
  3. administrative lead time
  4. administrative lead times
  5. administrative leave
  6. administrative leaves
  7. administrative loading
  8. administrative region
  9. administrative regions
  10. administrative segregation
  11. administratively

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