Examples of Thursday in a Sentence
He was late last Thursday.
We went on Thursday and returned on Saturday.
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But after an Air India flight crashed on Thursday, marking the first fatal air disaster of a Boeing Dreamliner, Ortberg canceled plans to go to the massive air show that begins on Sunday.
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 June 2025
The conflict began Thursday when Israel conducted a wide-ranging attack on Iran’s nuclear and military capabilities hours after the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog passed a resolution declaring Tehran in noncompliance with its nuclear safeguards obligations for the first time in two decades.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
The flooding arrived in the San Antonio area on Thursday, when a record 6.11 inches of rain fell, including about 4 inches that fell in a single hour early Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
—Jordan-Marie Smith, NPR, 15 June 2025
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said on Thursday Iran was not cooperating with its nuclear obligations for the first time in two decades.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
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Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 15 June 2025
The conflict began Thursday when Israel conducted a wide-ranging attack on Iran’s nuclear and military capabilities hours after the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog passed a resolution declaring Tehran in noncompliance with its nuclear safeguards obligations for the first time in two decades.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 15 June 2025
The flooding arrived in the San Antonio area on Thursday, when a record 6.11 inches of rain fell, including about 4 inches that fell in a single hour early Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
—Jordan-Marie Smith, NPR, 15 June 2025
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said on Thursday Iran was not cooperating with its nuclear obligations for the first time in two decades.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
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“Thursday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Thursday. Accessed 18 Jun. 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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