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days

American  
[deyz] / 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
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Etymology

Origin of days

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

Example Sentences

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Vote-by-mail ballots are considered late if they are not postmarked on or ahead of election day or do not arrive within seven days of election day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The result comes a couple of days after Exeter's director of rugby Rob Baxter signed a new "multi-year" contract at Sandy Park.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

For this new release, he distilled six hours of material recorded during two days in a Brooklyn, N.Y., studio into a dozen tracks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

That GOP primary is on June 16, three days before the Remnant Rising event at Lahmeyer’s church.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

In those days this was a death sentence as surely as tuberculosis had been.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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