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  • plural of day.
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days

American  
[dayz] / deɪz /

adverb

  1. in or during the day regularly.

    They slept days rather than nights.


days British  
/ deɪz /

adverb

  1. informal during the day, esp regularly

    he works days

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of days

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


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It also continued operating with stable performance for 28 consecutive days.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Gone are the days of the critic playing dilettante, having intellectual conversations over martinis and cigarettes at the month’s salon for like-minded individuals.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

And it was in El Clasico, one of four meetings in 18 days in all competitions.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Stempel and Starr, friends from their days at Wake Forest University, tried to compliment Hieu directly, but he was strictly business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

It’s happened before, when we were at Mom’s for a couple days, when Dad promised to take care of him and then didn’t.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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