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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a former vacation" is not correct in standard English usage.
It is typically used incorrectly, as "former" refers to something that was previously in a certain state, while "vacation" is a specific event or period of time.
Example: "I often reminisce about a former vacation I took to Hawaii."
Alternatives: "a past vacation" or "a previous vacation".
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A former vacation camp for the Ministry of Construction, it has 63 employees.
Just in time for the Venice Film Festival, a former vacation home of film actress Sophia Loren has come up for sale in Venice, Italy, for about $6.6 million.
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It is a beautiful property, larger and better situated than their former vacation home there, which they've just sold for $2.3 million.
Previously, the plan for the former vacation spot was to turn it into a luxury hotel.
The former vacation home of French actress-singer-model Brigitte Bardot is for sale for about $5.65 million.
While we're talking glamour, the former vacation home of French actress-singer-model Brigitte Bardot is for sale at $5.65 million.
Mr. Kleisner looked at Bray's Island Plantation, a former estate turned vacation-home community near Beaufort, S.C., that Mr. Dolan and Mr. Pollak were marketing.
It includes a ballerina, a Moscow mogul who's only been there on vacation, and a former spy who is wanted in Britain as a suspect in the radioactive-poisoning murder of a K.G.B. critic.
Ms. Davies -- a widow and a former director of the BBC's vacation programs -- came up with the idea after taking an adventure vacation in Australia with a divorced friend of her sister whom she had not previously met.
Iva Majoli, a former international tennis star who vacationed with Ms. Hodak last summer, said she remained baffled by the killing.
A former New Yorker on a quick vacation in Manhattan, I decided to walk to the Sheep Meadow to watch a little bit of Central Park action and soak in one of the city's premier views.
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