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legal holiday

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as in holy day

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Recent Examples of legal holiday 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 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 Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday. — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 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

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The team went through eight head coaches (including interims) during that span, with Kubiak being the ninth, and six general managers.

— Sam Warren, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Over the past month, however, the benchmark 10-year gilt yield has risen by around 19 basis points, while the longer-term 30-year gilt yield has added around 21 basis points, with both seeing choppy trade in the interim.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 July 2026

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When Odysseus and Penelope’s son, Telemachus (Tom Holland), visits Sparta for information about his father, he’s invited to sit with Menelaus during a wedding feast for his and Helen’s daughter.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
The stove tells the story of countless family suppers, cooking lessons, holiday feasts, and Sunday pancakes.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 28 July 2026

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Also, ibogaine’s prolongation of the heart’s QT intervals carries a real risk of fatal arrhythmia.

— Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
The Maya, for example, observed and calculated intervals between solar and lunar eclipses, building predictions and calendars around the pattern.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

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