by day

idiom

: during the day : in daylight
She's a student by day and a waitress at night.
The area looks a lot nicer by day.

Examples of by day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web So does her mother, a Mexican immigrant who walked across the border at age 15 and now works in a warehouse by day and manages her own small restaurant by night. Farah Stockman, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024 The trio worked in unison, with Audiard shaping the narrative by day and Ducol and Camille composing the score and songs by night. Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024 For even more privacy, the bedroom option is twice the space, with a sofa and separate chair by day and upper and lower beds by night — as well as an in-room sink, restroom, and shower. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2024 Many of the buildings look like skeletons, but the shops and markets stay open, by day people walk the streets, and the swank patrons of a dance club party into the night… As a filmmaker, the British director Steve McQueen might be one of the last old-school classicists. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for by day 

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“By day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20day. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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