How to Use Columbus Day in a Sentence
Columbus Day
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From Memorial Day through Columbus Day, the shops are open seven days a week.
—Betsy Groban, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
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Zeldin and his wife were not home and had recently left to attend a Columbus Day parade in the Bronx when the shooting broke out.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2022
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Celebrating Columbus Day takes us a few decades back and not forward into the future.
—Noé López, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
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Open Saturdays, Sundays and Columbus Day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on weekdays by reservation only.
—Dallas News, 10 Oct. 2022
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More than 100 cities have replaced Columbus Day altogether with the holiday.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 8 Oct. 2023
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The day is also nationally recognized as Columbus Day, which has been viewed as controversial across the country in recent years.
—Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
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The commemoration of Native American history and culture is now federally recognized alongside Columbus Day, which has been historically observed on the same day.
—Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
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