observance
Example Sentences
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Most students didn’t have phones with them in observance of Jewish law, so they shared the few available from friends to tell their parents that they were safe.
Nicholson leading his fellow prisoners of war in dutiful observance of a wartime code of honor.
But the annulment came too late to prevent observance of the holiday in most of Connecticut.
Equity and fixed-income markets are closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Bond markets are closed in observance of Veterans Day tomorrow.
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