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legal holiday

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Definition of legal holiday

as in holy day

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Recent Examples of legal holiday Louisiana is the only state where Mardi Gras is a legal holiday. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026 When a due date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, employers get until the next business day. — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Wisconsin state statutes classify Veterans Day as a legal holiday. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025 Ten states recognize Columbus Day as an unpaid public holiday, legal holiday or day of recognition, according to Pew Research Center, and these include Washington, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina, Michigan and New Hampshire. — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal holiday

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While Monday’s Yom Kippur holiday was not observed by the stock market, many in the media and entertainment business were attempting to stay offline during the Jewish high holy day.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Millions of Muslims around the world will celebrate the holy day, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, at the end of May this year.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 26 May 2026

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Its retrospective past tense of course could not have encompassed these very latest aesthetic and cultural features of late America, and in that interim the very past this timely book studies has already become a more foreign country.

— Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Since 2002, the Raiders have hired 13 coaches, excluding interims, followed by the Cleveland Browns (10) and Miami Dolphins (nine).

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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Since 1972, timekeepers have added 27 positive leap seconds to UTC, at very irregular intervals.

— Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Named Maai after a Japanese term (ma-ai) relating to meaningful spacing, timing, or intervals, the 154-foot superyacht combines Japanese restraint with Italian conviviality to create an onboard environment that can be both zen and buzzy.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026

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