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Recent Examples of legal holiday
Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
After 23 states had adopted the holiday by 1894, Congress followed suit at the federal level on June 28, 1894, and passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Tax Day is the next business day if April 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 14 Apr. 2025
Adults or minors can be detained for no longer than 72 hours, though that time frame can vary if the examination includes a weekend or legal holiday.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
After 23 states had adopted the holiday by 1894, Congress followed suit at the federal level on June 28, 1894, and passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Tax Day is the next business day if April 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 14 Apr. 2025
Adults or minors can be detained for no longer than 72 hours, though that time frame can vary if the examination includes a weekend or legal holiday.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legal holiday
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It is believed that a person who dies on this holy day is viewed as a tzaddik, a person of exceptional righteousness.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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Indoor concerts during daylight hours can feel uncanny, maybe more so on a holy day—the doors opened at 2 P.M., and someone, possibly Callahan, had nestled colored plastic eggs amid the rows of folding chairs—but the vibe in the room was convivial, loose.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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As for the search process, which will be for the club’s 10th head coach all-time (excluding interims), Onalfo is not divulging a specific timeline or coaching profile.—
Julian Cardillo,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
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Here's more on what needs to happen in Lansing, and what teachers are doing in the interim.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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With harvest feasts, offerings, and personalized rituals that honor light and dark.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
18 Sep. 2025
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According to Alixandra, who didn't share her surname, Sparrow masterminded her own midnight feast by toppling the feeder and prying off the lid.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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The celestial events happen annually or at other intervals, NASA says.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Expect intervals of clouds and sunshine, but the humidity sticks around.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Legal holiday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legal%20holiday. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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