any day
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No particular time, as in It doesn't matter when; any day is fine with me .
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Also, any day now . Quite soon, as in I might get a call any day , or There could be a snowstorm any day now .
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Also, any day of the week . Every day, as in I could eat fresh corn any day of the week . All three senses employ any in the sense of “no matter which,” a usage dating from a.d. 1000.
Example Sentences
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Retailers, Hottovy said, would “take that trade any day of the week.”
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
What’s Next: More details about the award and governance are due any day now.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Sibtain said since the film, MacInnes has starred in a theatre production in the US and released a single, with another to "drop any day now".
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Because there are so many of those series, it’s easy not to write about any of them; but a show from Ukraine doesn’t come along every day — or any day.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Ever since That Night at Miss Gussie’s house, I’d been scared we’d hear any day that she was leaving for Baltimore.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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