national holiday
Example Sentences
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Closed Monday for a national holiday and briefly insulated from heavy selling elsewhere, the South Korean stock market reopened Tuesday to heavy losses.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Sharaa also issued a decree recognising Kurdish cultural, linguistic and civil rights by making Kurdish a national language, granting nationality to stateless Kurds, and declaring their new year a national holiday.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
The Nikkei average rose 3.37 percent or 1,751.20 points to 53,691.09 in early trade, as the index also played catchup after a Japanese national holiday and US shares advanced overnight.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
Just as I was served, fireworks streaked the sky over Port Hercule; no one had told me that it was Monaco’s national holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
It was a national holiday, and Sassur took Chandra and me into the village to see the fireworks.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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