by the day

idiom

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

Examples of by the day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Yet amid these unimaginable burdens, the women of Gaza are somehow rising to meet challenges that only seem to get heavier by the day: lack of sanitation, single parenthood, hunger, disease. Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024 Here's what flights were canceled at Sky Harbor by the day: Jan. 6: 10 United flights, 7 Alaska flights. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024 When filling out your bracket, use your head, not your heart, and understand that March Madness is really a March from Madness, the tourney growing more predictable by the day. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024 Within hours of the attack, Israel unleashed an aerial bombardment on Gaza, and on Oct. 27 the ground invasion began − resulting in a staggering humanitarian crisis over the following months that grows increasingly dire by the day. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024 Now the chances of bombs landing on them are growing by the day. Oleksandr Chubko, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024 That left Moreno, LaRose and Dolan scrambling to reach undecided voters in a race that became more vicious by the day. USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024 Despite these questions, one fact still remains: There is a housing crisis in town, and being able to deliver quality housing quickly becomes more important by the day. Clayton Sealey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024 The holidays are in the rearview, the new year is getting older by the day and there are still weeks to go before the first hint of spring. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024

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“By the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20the%20day. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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