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national holiday

noun as in bank holiday

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"We call it a national holiday, that our detainees are being released despite the cost of the war, the martyrs, the injured, and the destruction in Gaza."

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Japanese markets are closed on Monday for a national holiday.

Citi Research analysts noted Thursday that passenger data for the first two days of Golden Week, a national holiday encouraging domestic travel in China, were weaker than expected.

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The military attacked on Monday evening as around 100 people gathered in Chaung U township in central Myanmar for a national holiday.

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The figures were released ahead of Japan's Elderly Day on 15 September, a national holiday where new centenarians receive a congratulatory letter and silver cup from the prime minister.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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