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

This train-car-style rover, run by Natural Habitat Adventure, has private bunk rooms and observation decks to watch for the aurora and polar bears, with bear safaris by day, too. —Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 27 Jan. 2026

All in the study achieved remission by day 28, and 9 reached deep remission. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Ticket prices vary by day, starting at $24 for ages 13 and up and $16 for ages 3-12, with discounts available for family or group purchases. —Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026

The scheme transformed the following year into one that produced and marketed several million bottles of counterfeit drink that was mixed under unsanitary conditions by day laborers, prosecutors said. —Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for by day

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret