wedding anniversary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wedding anniversary
First recorded in 1690–1700
Example Sentences
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Tenisha also claims Malcolm-Jamal agreed to pay her $16,000 a year for each wedding anniversary and a monthly salary of $5,500 “for her service as his Chief of Staff.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
He did not travel to Stockholm on Saturday to attend the king and queen of Sweden's golden wedding anniversary, and on Friday he did not attend the regular cabinet meeting with King Harald.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Yesterday was Father’s birthday, Father and Mother’s nineteenth wedding anniversary, a day without the cleaning lady...and the sun was shining as it’s never shone before in 1944.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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