by the day

idiom

: as each day passes
things are getting better by the day.

Examples of by the day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With our calendar increasing by the day with evening summer events, Monot will always have an option for you—guaranteed. Gab Waller, Vogue, 12 June 2024 Aiyuk is sitting at home, making more money by the day. Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024 And what has become clearer by the day is that Jones used the wrong foliage metaphor for a possible deal for Lamb, who has skipped the entire offseason program and is uncertain for this week’s mandatory minicamp. Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024 Yet those terms are getting more elusive by the day. Stephen Wertheim, Foreign Affairs, 17 Mar. 2023 The stakes are getting higher by the day as AI (and its harmful effects) advance rapidly, with insufficient guardrails. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024 As the pier project struggles to get going, the situation in Gaza becomes more dire by the day. Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 23 May 2024 By Maurice Samuels / Made by History May 21, 2024 9:00 AM EDT If the box office receipts of the recent film Civil War offer any indication, Americans are preoccupied with our national divisions, which only seem to grow by the day. Maurice Samuels / Made By History, TIME, 21 May 2024 To be sure, many health care interactions (surgery, MRIs, giving birth) can’t be done virtually, but the list is getting shorter by the day. Owen Tripp, STAT, 21 May 2024

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“By the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20day. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.

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