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bank holiday

NOUN
legal holiday
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The UK market was closed for the bank holiday yesterday.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

This week's numbers have not been officially released due to Monday's bank holiday but prison sources say vacancies have fallen once again.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Most of the UK is finally getting some rain, in time for the bank holiday weekend.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Overall, the late August bank holiday weekend looks set to be cooler, windier and wetter than the hot and dry conditions we've experienced for much of this record-breaking summer.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

But the peace of an ordinary drawing-room was a bank holiday compared with the Walkingshaws'.

From The Prodigal Father by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston




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