Examples of December in a Sentence
Her birthday is in late December.
This December was not as cold as the past few Decembers have been.
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Coach Cody Haverfield, owner and operator of Smithville’s River Oaks Moto Park, which opened in December on Texas 304, was monitoring Callahan’s progress during a recent practice at the track.
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Terry Hagerty, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
The move up from the late December 2024 low near $9 to the present $16 amounts to an increase in price of 77%.
—John Navin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
And in December 2022, Southwest Airlines cancelled thousands of its flights over more than two weeks, stranding more than 2 million travelers at the height of the holiday season.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 22 July 2025
A bit of political football: Trump’s ability to unilaterally scrap the team's deal for a new stadium appears doubtful after Congress passed a law in December that transferred ownership of the stadium site from the National Park Service to the District of Columbia.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Terry Hagerty, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
The move up from the late December 2024 low near $9 to the present $16 amounts to an increase in price of 77%.
—John Navin, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
And in December 2022, Southwest Airlines cancelled thousands of its flights over more than two weeks, stranding more than 2 million travelers at the height of the holiday season.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 22 July 2025
A bit of political football: Trump’s ability to unilaterally scrap the team's deal for a new stadium appears doubtful after Congress passed a law in December that transferred ownership of the stadium site from the National Park Service to the District of Columbia.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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“December.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/December. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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December
noun
De·cem·ber
di-ˈsem-bər 
: the twelfth month of the year
Etymology
Middle English Decembre, December "last month of the year," from early French decembre (same meaning), from Latin December, literally, "tenth month," from decem "ten" — related to decimal, dime
Word Origin
In the first calendar used by the ancient Romans, the year began with the month of March. The Romans called the tenth month of the year December, using the Latin word decem, meaning "ten." When the word was borrowed into early French, it became decembre. That was also how it was first spelled when it came into Middle English. In time, however, the English word was changed to match the original Latin in spelling and in having a capital letter.
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