by the day

idiom

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

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Meanwhile, the impact on Americans is growing more painful by the day. ABC News, 4 Nov. 2025 The improvements made by each new AI model are becoming smaller and smaller, making the idea that Silicon Valley can spend its way to superintelligence more tenuous by the day. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025 The lines between the NFL and the upper levels of the college game are getting blurrier by the day. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025 Taiwan constitutes a core interest for China and the military balance gets ever more lopsided against Taiwan by the day. Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 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 6 Nov. 2025.

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