holiday seasons
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pluralof holiday season.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
holiday seasonnouna period of days or weeks in which two or more annual observances occur, especially in the United States, where it most often refers to the approximately 5–6 weeks from Thanksgiving in November to New Year’s Day in January.
Example Sentences
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But Hershey’s consumers are more price sensitive outside of holiday seasons, and the brand has more recently been overshadowed by its stablemate Reese’s, which garnered more buzz with product news and innovations, Palmer said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
After experiencing one of the wettest holiday seasons on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits after Thanksgiving jumped to a three-month high, but it’s foolhardy to judge the overall health of the labor market on holiday seasons.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
The period between Thanksgiving and the end of the year has historically been a tricky one for airline stocks—at least before the record-breaking holiday seasons of 2023 and 2024.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Today it is available only during holiday seasons and only at selected stores.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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