observance
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Equity and fixed-income markets closed in observance of Labor Day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The observance will take place each year on November 16.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Equity and fixed-income markets are closed in observance of Independence Day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Trading will be abbreviated in the coming week, with markets closed on Friday, June 3, in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
He had nothing else to do, poor fellow, except at a certain hour of every afternoon to “go to Lloyd’s”—in observance of a ceremony of seeing his principal, I think.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
The observances began with a solemn ceremony attended by congressional colleagues and JD Vance in the Capitol Rotunda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
As reported by the Intercept, the account has stopped marking Islamic holidays and other widely observed non-Christian religious observances.
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
Funeral observances for Mr. Raisi and the others began on Tuesday with a procession in Tabriz, the closest large city to the crash site in northwestern Iran.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2024
St. Patrick’s Day observances date back to before the founding of the U.S., in places like Boston and New York City.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
Others, the so-called cromlechs, form the setting of religious observances.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing observance
The Merchant of Venice
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As You Like It
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1.6: Development of Ancient Afro-Eurasian Religions (Sources 1–8)
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