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Fourth of July

noun

Independence Day.

Fourth of July

noun

Official name: Independence Day.��a holiday in the United States, traditionally celebrated with fireworks: the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776

Fourth of July

The day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776; Independence Day.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Fourth of July¹

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

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He’s improving, but he’s still more anxious than he used to be and rattled by fireworks in the nightly warm-up for Fourth of July.

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Trump has said he wants the legislation on his desk to sign by the Fourth of July congressional recess.

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“We’re all sort of traumatized by the loss of our community,” she said, listing the impromptu gathering at restaurants, Saturday baseball games, the annual Christmas tree lighting and the Fourth of July parade.

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We were like fireworks on the Fourth of July at a block party.

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The writer had first visited the setting for his latest novel on a busy Fourth of July weekend in the 1990s.

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