Examples of Thursday in a Sentence
He was late last Thursday.
We went on Thursday and returned on Saturday.
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On a Thursday evening, Karina was eating Chips Ahoy!
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Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
New York Helicopter Tours, the company that owned the helicopter that plummeted into the Hudson River near the New Jersey shoreline last Thursday, killing all six people on board, is shutting down its operations immediately, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Richard Dearlove, the former head of British intelligence agency MI6, said in a USA TODAY interview on Thursday that Trump was right to try to talk to the Iranians.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the release of the man, who lives in Maryland, from custody, but ordered additional proceedings before a federal district court.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
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Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
New York Helicopter Tours, the company that owned the helicopter that plummeted into the Hudson River near the New Jersey shoreline last Thursday, killing all six people on board, is shutting down its operations immediately, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Richard Dearlove, the former head of British intelligence agency MI6, said in a USA TODAY interview on Thursday that Trump was right to try to talk to the Iranians.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the release of the man, who lives in Maryland, from custody, but ordered additional proceedings before a federal district court.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Thursday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Thursday. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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Thursday
noun
Thurs·day
ˈthərz-dē 
: the fifth day of the week
Etymology
Old English thursdæg, from early Norse thōrsdagr, literally "day of Thor"
Word Origin
Among the many gods worshiped by the Germanic people who lived in northern Europe in ancient times was one whose name was Thor. Thor was the god of thunder, weather, and crops. In the early Norse language, the fifth day of the week was known as thōrsdagr, literally "day of Thor," in his honor. The Norse name came into Old English as thursdæg, which in time became the Modern English Thursday.
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