thousand days

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noun (used with a plural verb)(sometimes initial capital letters)

the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).

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How to use thousand days in a sentence

To his credit, he seemed to enjoy the years out of power as much as his thousand days.
The Man with the President’s Ear, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and JFK|Ted Widmer|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
His 1965 book, A Thousand Days, retains its vigor, and has never been excelled as a study of those years.
The Man with the President’s Ear, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and JFK|Ted Widmer|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the meantime, we have a thousand days and nights of watching Obama be president.
Michael Tomasky on the Right’s Delusions About the Derrick Bell Video|Michael Tomasky|March 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Harry refers to his “Enchantress of our Twenty Thousand Days.”
The Magazine King|Harold Evans|May 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Eleven hundred days make up about three years; consequently, eleven thousand days make up thirty years.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols)|Thomas De Quincey
Another example: an angel so large that the distance between his eyes was seventy thousand days' journey.
The Bible Of Bibles;|Kersey Graves
It would last until the thousand days were accomplished, and there would still be much left.
Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster|F. Marion Crawford
How many thousand days of "safety" he must have brought to the Guildford prisoners!
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric Parker
One thousand days to build a bridge to a land of new promise.
Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006|Various