observance
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Council published this month “condemning” the campus Hillel for bringing Tov to speak at an April 14 event tied to Yam HaShoah, an annual observance of the Holocaust.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
The two major U.S. stock exchanges — the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq — will be closed on Friday, April 3, in observance of the Christian holiday.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Equity and fixed-income markets are closed in observance of Presidents Day.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
Woodson viewed the observance as a corrective—a temporary intervention designed to ensure black history would be taught throughout the year as part of American history.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 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
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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