wedding anniversary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wedding anniversary
First recorded in 1690–1700
Example Sentences
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It would have spanned Judith and her late husband's 60th wedding anniversary and the 80th birthday of her friend, whose husband passed away a year ago.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
She had planned to buy her mother a gold ring to mark her parents’ 30th wedding anniversary, but her mother declined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
There will be no more joint interviews for now, and there will be no celebration in August of their silver wedding anniversary, either.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
“I mean the holidays, and especially our wedding anniversary, and the day of his death ... that was hard for me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
When he tells her that he isn’t even thirty, she tells him that by that age she had already celebrated her tenth wedding anniversary.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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