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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I’d watch “Hag” over the next 15 Netflix originals any day.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter, which is about to crack this Strait of Hormuz thing any day now.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
"Being able to walk out today and have the crowd be as welcoming as they were, I'll take the stress any day."
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
Wife Maria is expecting their first child any day and he is prepared to drop everything to be with her for the birth.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Her hair was in sausage curls because this wasn’t just any day.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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