days on end

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: several or many days in a row
Sometimes they didn't speak to each other for days on end.

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The gruesome details of Kirk’s murder again made front-page news for days on end. Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 For people with air-conditioning, window units and central air will be humming for days on end. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 21 June 2025 Much like Ventura, Jane said she was also plied with drugs to keep her awake performing degrading acts, sometimes for days on end. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025 But researchers have only recently started to explore at a fundamental level how migratory birds get the energy required to keep themselves aloft for days on end without eating. Elizabeth Landau, Quanta Magazine, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for days on end

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“Days on end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/days%20on%20end. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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