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Earth Day

American  
[urth dey] / ˈɜrθ ˌdeɪ /

noun

  1. April 22, a day set aside globally for raising awareness about environmental issues and participating in events to help protect the environment.


Etymology

Origin of Earth Day

First recorded in 1970

Example Sentences

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However, upon his arrest from a homeless encampment in Chinatown — where he’d been living — Groft told officers he was surprised the arrest was occurring on Earth Day, Hidalgo testified.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

President Nixon presided over the first Earth Day, founded in large part as a reaction to a devastating oil spill off the coast of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

No wonder, then, that Americans planned nationwide Earth Day protests.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

Just in time for National Parks Week and Earth Day, no less.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025

Meggers’s message of limitation, published within a year of the first Earth Day, resonated in the ears of readers newly converted to the ecological movement.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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