thousand days
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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For some, this meant eating only tree bark, pine needles, pine cones, seeds, chestnuts or even stones and crystals for a period of a thousand or several thousand days.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 19, 2024
"One thousand days is a shockingly long time in detention," says Nick Coyle.
From BBC ● May 9, 2023
“Yeah, but three years. It’s a thousand days that someone is talking about you,” Jokic responded.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
When I started writing the book, he had gone to the park a thousand days in a row.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2021
There's about a thousand days of food I don't have.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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