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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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A few days later, Bush replied, “We will uphold the law in Florida.”
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Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.
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Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.
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Some refugees wait for days on the ships before setting sail.
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In Sweden parents can use those days up until the child turns 12.
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It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
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The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
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Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
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Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.
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