public holiday
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Japanese market was closed due to a public holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Sunday was declared a public holiday across Iran, and later in the day Khamenei's body will be moved out of the Grand Mosalla ahead of a processions through the capital on Monday.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Paraguay's president Santiago Pena had already declared a public holiday after they had sealed World Cup qualification with a game to spare.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The all-important nonfarm payrolls report will be released Thursday along with weekly jobless claims ahead of Friday’s U.S. public holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
In the German quarter there were no signs whatever of a public holiday: every place of business was open, and no parties of pleasure were going out.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various
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