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  • plural of day.
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days

American  
[deyz] / deɪz /

adverb

  1. in or during the day regularly.

    They slept days rather than nights.


days British  
/ deɪz /

adverb

  1. informal during the day, esp regularly

    he works days

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of days

1125–75; Middle English daies; see day, -s 1

Example Sentences

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And he came in, shot two days last week.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Usually, companies going public allow insiders to begin selling their stock after 180 days.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

So the idea that he would stake his company’s future on a takeover of another pharma giant left investors scratching their heads, with many running for cover in recent days.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

“We just had six days of cash on hand in June of 2025,” he said Saturday evening at a fundraiser for the hospital.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"In the old days," Don Quixote had said, "knights won islands and kingdoms. They gave them to their squires to govern. I plan to do the same with you, Sancho, if you become my squire."

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

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