those days
plural noun
: a period of time in the past
Remember when we were kids and life was easy? Well, those days are gone.
In those days, women weren't allowed to own property.
No one knew in those days what caused the disease.
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People in those days were scared, and rightfully so.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Reed didn't seek the spotlight in those days, much in the same way Bain doesn't seek it now.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Intrigue of Exosomes Korea was once known as the gentle, hydrating approach to skin care, but those days are changing.
—Charlotte Cho, Allure, 3 Jan. 2026
By the late chapters, Daphne and her contemporaries, now old, seem to remember less about those days with Cecil than does the reader, who came through them recently—an inspired way of calling forth the novel-ness of the novel without breaking the realist’s line.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Reed didn't seek the spotlight in those days, much in the same way Bain doesn't seek it now.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Intrigue of Exosomes Korea was once known as the gentle, hydrating approach to skin care, but those days are changing.
—Charlotte Cho, Allure, 3 Jan. 2026
By the late chapters, Daphne and her contemporaries, now old, seem to remember less about those days with Cecil than does the reader, who came through them recently—an inspired way of calling forth the novel-ness of the novel without breaking the realist’s line.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Those days.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/those%20days. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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