late in the day

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Far advanced; also, too far advanced. For example, It's late in the day to change the kitchen layout, since we've already ordered the cabinets, or It's a bit late in the day for apologizing. [Late 1700s]

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How to use late in the day in a sentence

France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”
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For many years afterward it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.
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“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.
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The afternoon was a lovely one—the day was a perfect example of the mellowest mood of autumn.
Confidence|Henry James
Edna did not reveal so much as all this to Madame Ratignolle that summer day when they sat with faces turned to the sea.
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Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
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There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.
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The proceedings of the day commenced with divine service, performed by Unitarian and Baptist ministers.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various