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Recent Examples of legal holidayThe only exception is if the registration deadline falls on a Sunday or legal holiday, according to the Secretary of State website.—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2025 Ten states recognize Columbus Day as an unpaid public holiday, legal holiday or day of recognition, according to Pew Research Center, and these include Washington, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina, Michigan and New Hampshire.—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Congress quickly passed an act making Labor Day a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025 Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal holiday
The trend continued in July (24 minutes to 8), and August (21 to 9), and in September, the interval dropped to an all-time low of 7 minutes, around half the delay registered a year earlier The SSA phone service worked far quicker while handling 65 million callers, 67% more than in FY 2024.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
The current deal framework would cede sovereignty but lease the Diego Garcia base for 99 years, ban other nations from utilizing nearby islands without British consent, and open the door to negotiations prolonging the arrangement in 40-year intervals.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026