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legal holiday

noun

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. — Marina Johnson, IndyStar, 12 Jan. 2026 Louisiana is the only state where Mardi Gras is a legal holiday. — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Jan. 2026 Wisconsin state statutes classify Veterans Day as a legal holiday. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Nov. 2025 The only exception is if the registration deadline falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, according to the Secretary of State website. — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal holiday

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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
The holy day commemorates the martyrdom of Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, who was Muhammad’s grandson by his daughter Fāṭimah and his son-in-law ʿAlī and is revered by the Shiʿah as the third imam.

— Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 May 2026

Definition of holy day

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Associate head coach Tim Brewster took over as the interim and won both remaining games to finish 5-7.

— Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
With the third-worst record in the National League and amidst yet another long losing streak, the Mets have dismissed manager Carlos Mendoza, replacing him in the interim with Andy Green.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026

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An epic with supernatural and epigenetic overtones, this debut novel looks like a feast of a story.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
The release was inspired by a Victorian holiday feast rather than a traditional bourbon flavor profile, creating a spirit meant to evoke roasted meat, evergreen forest, and winter fruit in the same glass.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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The democratization of private credit through interval funds and other retail-accessible vehicles has created access, but not necessarily access to the same deal quality available to the largest institutional investors.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Although the numbers on the chassis were divided into various unrelated intervals, the transmissions appeared to be numbered sequentially, as were the tank guns, heaters, road wheels and turret engines.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026

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