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- adjective Occurring after, or as a consequence of, a
holiday ; often specifically after the holiday season of late December
Etymologies
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Examples
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Increases were more subdued than many economists had expected due to heavy postholiday discounts on clothing and lower prices for package holidays.
German Inflation Hits Two-Year High Nina Koeppen 2011
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"January is where we look for all the postholiday clearance and it can be a mixed bag," said David Bassuk , head of the retail practice at AlixPartners.
Retailers Posted Solid January Sales Karen Talley 2012
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Unlike decaying Christmas trees and reindeer sweaters, warming glühwein is a welcome postholiday guest .
A Wine With Spirit 2011
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Demand traditionally rises during the July Fourth holiday, but the postholiday drop-off this year was the largest since 2003.
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EST postholiday close, the benchmark 10-year note was 12/32 higher, or $3.75 per $1,000 invested, to push down the yield to 2.870%.
Treasurys Advance on Safety Bid Min Zeng 2010
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This year, instead of a preholiday jaunt down Fifth, Georgia had taken a postholiday stroll up Park.
Georgia’s Kitchen Jenny Nelson 2010
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They were reasoning that Tuesday's strong postholiday rally has left a lot of potential for a correction on new information.
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That's a modest drop compared with the 178,000 jobs lost in the prior two months, but there is a caveat: Holiday hiring was dismal, which led to fewer layoffs in the postholiday months.
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Crude futures saw their last significant leg down in the wake of the Memorial Day holiday, when a postholiday decline followed a preholiday run-up in prices.
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Best Buy, which reports results Wednesday, cut its fiscal-year earnings and same-store-sales views in February, saying postholiday sales in categories such as home theater were disappointing.
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