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Ultimately, the council voted 11-2 in favor of a daylong investigation, with city staff returning findings on Thursday.—Ashley Grams, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026 And it’s led to other daylong cultural festivals like the Lunar New Year event held last weekend and the celebration of Nowruz, the Persian new year, in the spring.—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026 The battle of Fort Necessity was a grueling, daylong engagement in the mud and rain.—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026 Now, as part of the unofficial SportsCon of Super Bowl week, the Pro Bowl caps a daylong celebration of flag football that includes the championship game for the under-13 international coed teams, and a showcase game featuring the 32 best girls high school flag players.—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for daylong
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of daylong was
before the 12th century