holiday weekend

noun

: a weekend that is preceded or followed by a holiday

Examples of holiday weekend in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Travelers who want to book a home for the Memorial Day holiday weekend should book by April 15, according to Vrbo. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2024 The Studio Ghibli film easily overtook Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. holdover monster movie Godzilla vs. Kong: The New Empire, which brought in $36 million over the four-day holiday weekend. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2024 The new policy was reportedly intentionally released on July 1st to take advantage of the distraction of the Independence Day holiday weekend. Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Apr. 2024 The new flight route begins next month on May 3 just in time for Memorial Day holiday weekend and the summer travel season. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2024 In Venezuela, roughly 400 firefighters fought a major blaze over the Easter holiday weekend that is threatening the lush Henri Pittier National Park, a beachfront preserve with rare cloud forests, according to the national park service. CNN, 2 Apr. 2024 The View did not air a new episode on Friday — otherwise known to observers as Good Friday — because of the Easter holiday weekend, Entertainment Weekly has learned. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2024 Above-normal temperatures are expected to continue into the Easter holiday weekend, with temperatures in the mid-70s on Friday and the upper 60s on Saturday and Sunday. Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024 But there's not a lot to celebrate in the forecast for the St. Patrick's Day holiday weekend. Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024

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“Holiday weekend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holiday%20weekend. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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