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  • plural of day.
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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

"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

Example Sentences

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Days after the Goleta get-together, Santa Barbara dad Eric Drachman became a celebrity at the preschool of his daughter, Noa, who is soon to be 3.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Days ahead of the Knicks’ championship-clinching Game 5 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, the alliance was already ordering the 1.25 tons of recycled shredded paper to have at the ready.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Days after the report was dated, Harriet Hawkins was stillborn at the hospital.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Days later, the Pentagon said 5,000 U.S. soldiers would leave by year-end and that the U.S. would no longer be sending a battalion equipped with conventional long-range missiles to deter Russia, as agreed in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Days would pass at the beach without Dad saying anything about the coal mine.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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