thousand days
Americannoun
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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
When I started writing the book, he had gone to the park a thousand days in a row.
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2021
One thousand days have elapsed since that speech.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2018
Stanley Tapscott started driving a cab in the early 1960s, when man hadn’t yet been to the moon, the Watergate was under construction and John F. Kennedy was serving out his fabled thousand days.
From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2016
"If we do this," Vogel said, "it would be over one thousand days of space. This is enough space for a life. I do not need to return."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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