days

[deyz]

adverb

1. in or during the day regularly.

   They slept days rather than nights.

days

/ deɪz /

adverb

1. informal,  during the day, esp regularly

   he works days

Word History and Origins

Origin of days¹

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

Example Sentences

The story of how she ended up juggling photographing food with her weighty historical research goes back to her student days.

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A few days later, she got a call from another customer in Ireland complaining that they had not received their order.

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London - one of Airbnb's largest markets in the world - is the only area in the UK which restricts lets to tourists for a maximum of 90 days.

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The protests came days after two Jewish men were killed in a terrorist attack at a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur.

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Military sources say paratroopers can be trained in a matter of days, rather than years, unlike pilots needed to drive a conventional aircraft.

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