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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She is sustained by the hope and belief that her mother is alive and will come get her any day now.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
I’d watch “Hag” over the next 15 Netflix originals any day.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
By all accounts, Elon Musk’s rocket company is set to file, or has filed, confidential IPO documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission any day now.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
You’ll be given a temporary ID, and they call you the day before for any day they’ll need you to come in.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
And without my ever saying anything, I knew she understood all my own fears, about Papi, about the bombers that might come any day now, about the war.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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