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Recent Examples of legal holidayCity 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
Outgoing interim Director Paulette Coleman announced her resignation in an email on Sunday, effective 5 p.m. last Friday.
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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.
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Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Always follow the label directions carefully, but most fungicides are applied at 7 to 10 day intervals throughout the season.
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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.
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Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 July 2025
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