V-Day
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of V-Day
First recorded in 1940–45; short for Victory Day
Example Sentences
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As an activist, Solters worked with the groups One Billion Rising and V-Day in campaigns dedicated to ending violence against women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024
Two years after that success she founded V-Day, which has raised piles of money to fight violence against women and girls around the world: Galentine, with gravitas.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
Then V-Day came and kicked things up several notches.
From Salon ● May 14, 2022
Evangeline Lawson is a writer whose work has appeared in the Guardian, V-Day and the Progressive.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2022
Two days after V-Day, I stood with the San Francisco Summer School class at Mission High School and received my diploma.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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