by the day

idiom

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

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Crowds outside the theater stand shoulder to shoulder, growing by the day, as clips of what happens have gone viral with millions of views. Lauren Frayer, NPR, 26 June 2025 And don’t forget, the midterms draw nearer by the day. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025 Even with public-private partnerships, clinics are full, providers increasingly fear for their safety, and care coordination grows more complex by the day. Jb Pritzker, Time, 24 June 2025 Adding a further wrinkle in what has been by any measure a proceeding draining its relevance by the day as tensions in LA over the troops’ downtown presence lessen even as ICE raid intensify, Judge Breyer left the next move a hanging chad of sorts. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for by the day

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“By the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20day. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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