Lunar New Year
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Despite the double-digit growth, Tencent's quarterly earnings would be "impacted by rising AI investment costs and slower video-game sales, which were affected by the relatively late Lunar New Year holiday".
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
China combines the trade data for the first two months of each year to account for fluctuations around the Lunar New Year holiday season, which falls on different dates each year.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Separate government data released Tuesday showed that industrial output fell 2.1% month-on-month in February, following a 4.3% increase in January when demand was boosted ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
On a warm Sunday afternoon in February, the Huntington Library was packed with Lunar New Year festivities and early spring fever.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
The Cambodian Lunar New Year this year falls on the thirteenth of April.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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