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Recent Examples of legal holiday
City of Chicago offices, for instance, will be closed, but Delaware doesn’t recognize this as a legal holiday.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Countryman said Pulaski’s birthday should be honored in a commemorative way, like St. Patrick’s Day, not with a legal holiday.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Congress has not established any national holidays that are mandatory across all states, leaving each state the autonomy to determine its own legal holidays.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
If the normal due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, issuers have until the next business day (in the case of Form W-2, January 31, 2025 falls on a Friday, so there are no extra days).
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
Countryman said Pulaski’s birthday should be honored in a commemorative way, like St. Patrick’s Day, not with a legal holiday.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
Congress has not established any national holidays that are mandatory across all states, leaving each state the autonomy to determine its own legal holidays.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
If the normal due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, issuers have until the next business day (in the case of Form W-2, January 31, 2025 falls on a Friday, so there are no extra days).
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legal holiday
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Indoor concerts during daylight hours can feel uncanny, maybe more so on a holy day—the doors opened at 2 P.M., and someone, possibly Callahan, had nestled colored plastic eggs amid the rows of folding chairs—but the vibe in the room was convivial, loose.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Moreover, faith groups including Baha’is, Ismailis and Zoroastrians celebrate this New Year’s Day as a holy day.—
Ajit Giani,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Officials expect the new commission to begin in August, which places a pause on boat rental registrations during the interim.—
Damenica Ellis
July 4,
Charlotte Observer,
4 July 2025
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That rate was lowered to 10% during the 90-day interim.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
2 July 2025
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In his twenty-nine years, the Mexican poet bruno darío (1993-2022) published three books in Spanish: celebración, espanto (feast, fright), mal de aire (airsickness), and asolar (raze), together forming the trilogy Lantana, o la exhalación indisoluble (Lantana; or, the indissoluble exhalation).—
Christopher Spaide
August 1,
Literary Hub,
1 Aug. 2025
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The touring Broadway version, which triumphed in Denver during its initial visit in April 2025, is a must-see for Broadway fans looking for a visual and auditory feast, as well as some lovely escapism.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
31 July 2025
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Advertisement How to start interval walking Ready to give Japanese walking a spin?—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
25 July 2025
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Iommi added the diabolus in musica, an eerie tritone musical interval denounced as unholy and dangerous since the Middle Ages.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
25 July 2025
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