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One of the biggest sales days of the year, Presidents Day — an unofficial name coined by advertisers — has become more associated with big savings on TVs and mattresses than the life of America's first president.
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Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: Some eight decades after Washington's death, lawmakers formalized the unofficial birthday festivities honoring the Father of His Country, adding Feb. 22 to the short list of federal holidays, according to a Prologue article by historian C.L. Arbelbide in the National Archives.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 17 Feb. 2025
Many Hip-Hop fans have come to associate the rabbit as the unofficial official mascot for the 42-year-old emcee.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Their lawsuit will seek to halt Musk’s unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing payment systems at the Treasury Department, which includes bank account and Social Security data.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2025
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Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
Zoom in: Some eight decades after Washington's death, lawmakers formalized the unofficial birthday festivities honoring the Father of His Country, adding Feb. 22 to the short list of federal holidays, according to a Prologue article by historian C.L. Arbelbide in the National Archives.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 17 Feb. 2025
Many Hip-Hop fans have come to associate the rabbit as the unofficial official mascot for the 42-year-old emcee.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Their lawsuit will seek to halt Musk’s unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing payment systems at the Treasury Department, which includes bank account and Social Security data.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Unofficial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unofficial. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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