Thanksgiving Day
noun
: a day appointed for giving thanks for divine goodness: such as
a
: the fourth Thursday in November observed as a legal holiday in the U.S.
b
: the second Monday in October observed as a legal holiday in Canada
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Her son died six days later, on Thanksgiving Day, after spending nearly a week in a coma.
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Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
The year my sister Amy was invited to play Mrs. Claus in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was the same year Hugh had his hip replaced.
—David Sedaris, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
James Schwarz was gunned down at a Miami gas station on Thanksgiving Day in 1996.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
In its early days, The Simpsons was everywhere: on TV, on merch, on magazine covers (back when that still moved the needle), in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
—Alan Siegel, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
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Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
The year my sister Amy was invited to play Mrs. Claus in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was the same year Hugh had his hip replaced.
—David Sedaris, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
James Schwarz was gunned down at a Miami gas station on Thanksgiving Day in 1996.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
In its early days, The Simpsons was everywhere: on TV, on merch, on magazine covers (back when that still moved the needle), in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
—Alan Siegel, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
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“Thanksgiving Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Thanksgiving%20Day. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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