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Definition(s):
- (n) authorized by law and limiting work or official business
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Usage(s):
- AIDS activists were outraged at her ejection, and expressed disbelief that Mbeki would fire the minister, a woman, on the eve of Women's Day, a public holiday in South Africa.
- When the national team scored big triumphs, the occasion would prompt a public holiday.
- Though the region's showcase Nikkei index remained closed during Japan's public holiday, most Asian markets aside from Taiwan were all posting modest advances.
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