day-to-day
adjective
occurring each day; daily.
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day-to-day
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[day-tuh-day]
/ ˈdeɪ təˈdeɪ /
adjective
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occurring each day; daily.
day-to-day chores; day-to-day worries.
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concerned only with immediate needs or desires without preparation for the future.
day-to-day
British
adjective
day to day
Idioms
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Also, from day to day.
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Continuously, without interruption, on a daily basis. For example, Running this office day to day is not an easy task . [Late 1800s]
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live from day to day . Be interested only in immediate concerns, without thought for the future. For example, Jean lives from day to day, planning nothing in advance . Also see live for the moment .
Etymology
Origin of day-to-day
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200
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Operating expenses, the day-to-day costs of running the business, came out to 55% of revenue, falling by over 5 percentage points relative to a year before.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
According to Asda, Leighton had planned to step aside from the day-to-day running of the group, after he returned in 2024, more than two decades after serving as chief executive.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
“It just became harder to justify staying for all the responsible adult reasons,” he told me, when it was compromising his day-to-day happiness.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Healey, whose official title is chancellor of the exchequer, has also pledged to abide by the rules laid out by his predecessor Rachel Reeves, which state that day-to-day spending must balance with government tax receipts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
No sooner had Louella proven itself a success than I had to abandon the day-to-day operations of the company and let my family handle the business full-time.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Mr. Glassman’s central insight—he is largely self-taught—was to incorporate a variety of challenging exercises into a single training program, which would vary from day to day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Blood sugar control matters, but researchers also want to understand how day to day diabetes management affects mood, energy, sleep, stress, and the ability to participate in normal activities.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
To help embed him in L.A.’s dining culture and lead the kitchen day to day, he hired Wally’s and Patina alum Ryan Kluver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ian Driver, who runs Veterans Response and has been supporting Murray with food parcels, said the situation was "just wrong", with the veteran "surviving day to day".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The last few weeks he’d been so worried about surviving day to day.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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