Labor Day
noun
: a day set aside for special recognition of working people: such as
a
: the first Monday in September observed in the U.S. and Canada as a legal holiday
b
: May 1 in many countries
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Some studio executives anticipate that the summer box office — which runs from the first weekend in May through Labor Day — will generate close to $3.75 billion in domestic ticket sales.
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Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Online sleuths have spent the past year examining photos from Combs’s Labor Day bashes and other lavish events with the same intensity applied to Jeffrey Epstein’s plane logs.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 12 May 2025
Following the summer break, the fall season gets underway the Sunday after Labor Day, Betz says.
—Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
On Labor Day weekend in 2024, a man with a history of convictions for drinking and driving drove his vehicle into the patio of Park Tavern, leading to multiple deaths and injuries.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Online sleuths have spent the past year examining photos from Combs’s Labor Day bashes and other lavish events with the same intensity applied to Jeffrey Epstein’s plane logs.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 12 May 2025
Following the summer break, the fall season gets underway the Sunday after Labor Day, Betz says.
—Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
On Labor Day weekend in 2024, a man with a history of convictions for drinking and driving drove his vehicle into the patio of Park Tavern, leading to multiple deaths and injuries.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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“Labor Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Labor%20Day. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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