by the day

idiom

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

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The stakes are getting higher by the day for the French Oscar committee, especially after the misfires of the last couple years. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025 The cone increases in size each day, to account for the errors in the forecast models that increase by the day. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 Concerns about the economy are validated most easily in the labor market, which, by practically all accounts, is looking bleaker and bleaker by the day. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025 The mystery deepened by the day. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 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 13 Sep. 2025.

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