national holiday

Example Sentences

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In Russia, the Kremlin did little to register the anniversary, which fell on an extended national holiday.

From Washington Post

This is the first Black History Month in a time in which lynching is a federal crime and Juneteenth is a national holiday.

From Washington Post

Super Bowl Sunday is akin to a national holiday, one of the few times of year that tens of millions of Americans do the same activity at the same time.

From New York Times

The NFL has created a multimedia machine worth tens of billions of dollars and has succeeded in making Sunday football and the Super Bowl a type of civic religion and unofficial national holiday, respectively.

From Salon

In Arizona, though, it was in conflict with another national holiday.

From BBC