thousand days

noun

(used with a plural verb)

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

Example Sentences

One of the students, Omulbanin Sultani, said: "We endured one thousand days of suffering to reach this point. One thousand days of being confined to our homes, of having our voices silenced with nothing but tears and sorrow, our lives wasting away."

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Over the next thousand days, Ingenuity continued to go up and down, up and down, up and down.

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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.

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"They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. This audio could be worth a thousand days behind bars," he added.

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"One thousand days is a shockingly long time in detention," says Nick Coyle.

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