a day

phrase

: each day
Take one pill two times a day.
work 8 hours a day

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Their call comes a day after Rubio met with the Saudi ambassador to the US, and as regional countries try to stop recent US-Iran tensions from escalating. Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 The White House visit will be on a day off in the middle of a nine-game East Coast trip. Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 After a Washington Post reporter wrote about completing two Sophia courses in a day — mainly using Ctrl-F to find answers to open book, unsupervised tests — the online learning platform started blocking them from using the search function. Todd Wallack, Washington Post, 10 July 2026 The announcement came a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Balochistan's capital, Quetta, and told the families of 42 people killed in the attacks that their sacrifices were not in vain and those responsible would be brought to justice. ABC News, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for a day

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“A day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20day. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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