public holiday

noun

1. a holiday observed over the whole country

Example Sentences

Another shooting occurred on the 4 July public holiday at an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, after a protest escalated into a face-off with police.

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Botswana has declared a public holiday to celebrate the country's victory in the men's 4x400 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, the first African nation to win the event.

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Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi was recently paralysed by flooding, with officials forced to declare a public holiday to deal with the aftermath.

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Governments have been reluctant to introduce additional public holidays because of the impact they have on economic output.

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But the proposal to cut the two May public holidays was the most eye-catching suggestion.

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