Examples of December in a Sentence
Her birthday is in late December.
This December was not as cold as the past few Decembers have been.
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Danny Jansen Jansen signed for one-year and $8.5 million in December and hit .204 with 11 homers in 73 games with the Rays.
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Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Pitt and Jolie’s divorce was officially finalized last December, but the two are still embroiled in litigation over Chateau Miraval, the French winery the two co-own.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Aug. 2025
Before that, the Korean fighter brutally defeated Shannon Ross via TKO (knee and punches) in a victory that earned him a Performance of the Night bonus in December 2023.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
In December of 2014, Wunder kicked McSorely out of Cobalt after the singer posted a misogynistic and homophobic screed to Facebook.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2025
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Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Pitt and Jolie’s divorce was officially finalized last December, but the two are still embroiled in litigation over Chateau Miraval, the French winery the two co-own.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Aug. 2025
Before that, the Korean fighter brutally defeated Shannon Ross via TKO (knee and punches) in a victory that earned him a Performance of the Night bonus in December 2023.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
In December of 2014, Wunder kicked McSorely out of Cobalt after the singer posted a misogynistic and homophobic screed to Facebook.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2025
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“December.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/December. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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December
noun
De·cem·ber
di-ˈsem-bər 
: the twelfth month of the year
Etymology
Middle English Decembre, December "last month of the year," from early French decembre (same meaning), from Latin December, literally, "tenth month," from decem "ten" — related to decimal, dime
Word Origin
In the first calendar used by the ancient Romans, the year began with the month of March. The Romans called the tenth month of the year December, using the Latin word decem, meaning "ten." When the word was borrowed into early French, it became decembre. That was also how it was first spelled when it came into Middle English. In time, however, the English word was changed to match the original Latin in spelling and in having a capital letter.
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