legal holiday

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Recent Examples of legal holiday City of Chicago offices, for instance, will be closed, but Delaware doesn’t recognize this as a legal holiday. Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024 Countryman said Pulaski’s birthday should be honored in a commemorative way, like St. Patrick’s Day, not with a legal holiday. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 Congress has not established any national holidays that are mandatory across all states, leaving each state the autonomy to determine its own legal holidays. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025 If the normal due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, issuers have until the next business day (in the case of Form W-2, January 31, 2025 falls on a Friday, so there are no extra days). Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal holiday
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Noun
  • Moreover, faith groups including Baha’is, Ismailis and Zoroastrians celebrate this New Year’s Day as a holy day.
    Ajit Giani, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Ash Wednesday, a Christian holy day marking the start of Lent, falls on March 5, 2025.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Outgoing interim Director Paulette Coleman announced her resignation in an email on Sunday, effective 5 p.m. last Friday.
    Austin Hornbostel, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • As a sweeping higher education reform bill awaits the governor's signature, University of Texas interim President Jim Davis named a sole finalist for provost of the institution in a move that surprised faculty members and signals a new balance of power in university hiring.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • It’s been feast or famine with the Mets’ bats this season, and the problems hitting with runners in scoring position haven’t gone away.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
  • It’s been feast or famine for Pixar during the past two years.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Always follow the label directions carefully, but most fungicides are applied at 7 to 10 day intervals throughout the season.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
  • And because historical intervals for major earthquakes in that area occur at an average of 100 to 200 years, stress between the plates was assumed to be nearing its breaking point.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 July 2025

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“Legal holiday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legal%20holiday. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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