Sentence examples for day formerly from inspiring English sources
Canada Day, formerly (until 1982) Dominion Day, the national holiday of Canada.
Wednesday 27 April was Administrative Professionals' Day, formerly National Secretaries Day – an annual celebration begun in the US in 1952.
Memorial Day, formerly Decoration Day, in the United States, holiday (last Monday in May) honouring those who have died in the nation's wars.
The decline, one executive said, was because of the expansion of all-news cable channels, which now cover exhaustively the big news story of the day, formerly the special province of "Nightline".
The Cyrillid shower of 1913 had no radiant (the meteoroids seemed to enter the atmosphere from a circular orbit around Earth) and was named for St. Cyril of Alexandria, on whose feast day (formerly celebrated on February 9) the shower was observed.
As if the show weren't baffling enough already"), although it appears to raise an eyebrow over the chaotic non-planning that has made a nonsense of the network's rebranding of the day (formerly the home of Nigella and other cooks) as "Quizzy Monday" and the switching of foodie fare to Fridays.
Online discounts started weeks ago, and Cyber Monday, formerly a one-day event, is morphing into a consumption extravaganza unbound by space or time.
(Petrusich) ★ ROY DAVIS JR. (Sunday) Formerly a member of the pioneering acid house ensemble Phuture, from Chicago, Roy Davis Jr. is now a coveted D.J. and esteemed producer.
(Kozinn) * MAYA BEISER (Thursday) Formerly the cellist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Ms. Beiser has spread her wings into an even more eclectic and distinctive solo career.
Tonight and tomorrow at 8, Sunday at 2 p.m., Marymount Manhattan College, 221 East 71st Street, (212 838-5886, $10 to $20. (Anderson) JOFFREY SCHOOL DANCERS (Tomorrow and Sunday) Formerly known as the Joffrey Ensemble Dancers, this junior troupe will perform choreography by Igal Perry, Daniel Baudendiestel and the company's director, Elie Lazar.
(Kelefa Sanneh) THE BLOW (Friday) Formerly a two-person band — Khaela Maricich and Jona Bechtolt — and now a one-woman band since the departure of Mr. Bechtolt this year, the Blow offers nearly affectless, homemade post-pop out of spindly melodies and simple beats.
