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Dominion Day

British  

noun

  1. the former name for Canada Day

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Paris march was one of some 150 demonstrations held to mark International Women's Day in France, with events taking place in other cities including Bordeaux, Lille, and Marseille.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

At those days, women workers used to receive small gifts on International Women's Day -- "those famous tights, chocolates, carnations..."

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The campaign, which was launched ahead of International Women's Day last month, also highlights the issue of water necessity for sanitation and feminine hygiene.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

She has visited women's refuges, challenged the taboos surrounding domestic abuse and at a reception for International Women's Day held up stones that in 1914 been thrown by suffragettes to break windows in Buckingham Palace.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

There were plans for her to command an all-female crew on International Women’s Day on April 3, 1986, but it was canceled due to a lack of Soyuz spacecraft.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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