days

[ deyz ]

adverb

1. in or during the day regularly:

   They slept days rather than nights.

days

/ deɪz /

adverb

1. informal.
   during the day, esp regularly

   he works days

Word History and Origins

Origin of days¹

1125–75; Middle English daies; day, -s ¹

Example Sentences

Amid the negotiations, Israel has stepped up its air campaign across Lebanon but, after three consecutive days of strikes on Beirut, there were no attacks on the capital during Hochstein’s visit.

From BBC

Styles, Tomlinson, Horan and Malik each publicly paid tribute to their “brother” in social media posts in the days immediately following his death.

From Los Angeles Times

“An 11th hour partisan proposal released 415 days after the expiration of the current farm bill is insulting,” he wrote.

From Salon

Even as he lay gravely ill in hospital in recent days, Ken Reid was listening to the news on the radio.

From BBC

The website was launched online days before his death and has since been translated into several different languages, and used as the basis for an exhibition which has travelled around the world.

From BBC

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