day-by-day

American  

[dey-bahy-dey] / ˈdeɪ baɪˈdeɪ /

adjective

1. taking place each day; daily.

   a day-by-day account.

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day by day Idioms  

1. On each successive day, daily, as in Day by day he's getting better. Percy Bysshe Shelley used this expression, first recorded in 1362, in Adonais (1821): “fear and grief ... consume us day by day.”

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Etymology

Origin of day-by-day

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

"The nation's demand for change continues to grow day-by-day, getting stronger."

From Barron's

Rovere, on the other hand, found the book to be “barren of ideas and imagination,” and “scarcely more interesting or enlightening than the day-by-day newspaper accounts.”

From Salon

For the most part, Strong’s day-by-day chronicle of the war’s ups and downs was based on behind-the-scenes gossip and “extras” peddled by Manhattan newsboys.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the appropriators have continued their work through this period… So it’s a touch and go day-by-day analysis that we have here as a leadership team.

From The Wall Street Journal

Along the way, I discovered and began to practice the day-by-day rituals of Judaism, which helped me understand the larger fabric that clothes all religions: faith.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• constantly
• day-to-day
• everyday
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