July
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Julies,
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Julys
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Usage
What does July mean? July is the seventh month of the calendar year, lasting 31 days and falling between June and August. It’s one of the 12 months of the Gregorian calendar. In the Northern Hemisphere, July is a summer month. The days during the period from July 3 to August 11 are traditionally known as the dog days of summer. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is a winter month. What happens in July?In Canada, July 1 is the patriotic national holiday known as Canada Day. In the U. S., July 4 is Independence Day, popularly known as the Fourth of July. July 14 is the national day of France, known in English as Bastille Day. In the U. S., July is observed as BIPOC Mental Health Month. In astrology, the sign Cancer applies to those born between June 22 and July 22. The sign Leo applies to those born between July 23 and August 23. Example: As soon as July begins, I can already feel the dog days of summer setting in.
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Etymology
Origin of July
before 1050; Middle English julie < Anglo-French < Latin Jūlius ( Caesar ), after whom it was named; replacing Old English Julius < Latin; Middle English ju ( i ) l < Old French < Latin
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Against the backdrop of an unpopular war in Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on July 15, 2026, that the Pentagon would begin testing male service members 30 and older for low testosterone.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
A BMW source told AFP in July that the carmaker was aiming for 8,000 job cuts by the end of 2027 under the program then being launched.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
British number 15 Burrage's last match on the WTA Tour, excluding qualifiers, was in July 2025 when she lost to Catherine McNally in the first round at Wimbledon.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Meanwhile, no significant AI-related listing has hit the market since SpaceX’s IPO in June and South Korean computer-memory giant SK Hynix raised money in July via a U.S. listing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Suds,” Joey said, “remember the Fourth of July? At the park?”
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
Jaime Jacquez Jr. scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half, Julies Bernard had 16 points, and Cody Riley scored 13.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
This is also known as the "humour as survival mechanism" trope and reached its nadir with the Two Julies in Bad Girls.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2013
This scene happens all over the water-guarded world, and sometimes, the Julies aren’t there and the stories end much worse.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2013
In the city he married her, took her from Julies Freres.
From Time Magazine Archive
I frame a shot of a woman in niqab, a face covering, decorating Julies freckled arm with intricate designs of henna.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
San Juan, for example, experienced one of its warmest Julys on record.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
According to Pies’s analysis, momentum stocks have sold off during the past five Julys.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 5, 2026
In a marker of just how much global temperatures have risen in recent decades, Hausfather observes, “this September will be hotter than most Julys before the last decade or two.”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023
Last month marked one of Seattle’s hottest Julys on record, piling on to a trend of increasingly warm summer months, not just throughout the Pacific Northwest but across the world.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Mrs. F. The parch'd ground, In hottest Julys, drinks not in the showers More greedily than I his words!
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb
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