the other day/night/morning/afternoon/evening

noun

: on a day/night/morning/afternoon/evening in the recent past
The other morning, I saw a deer on our lawn.

Examples of the other day/night/morning/afternoon/evening in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Also, something wonderful hit YouTube the other day: Leontyne Price, singing in Turandot (Puccini) in 1961. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024 The farro from the other night gets new life with lemon zest, wilted spinach, feta, roasted mushrooms, and red onions. Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 4 Apr. 2024 And believe me, front and center is what happened the other day. Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024 The mayor also announced the other day that the city will not help the team obtain private properties from reluctant sellers by exercising its powers of condemnation. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024 The mayor announced the other day that the city will not help the team obtain private properties from reluctant sellers by exercising its powers of condemnation. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024 So we’ve been favored, I was told the other day, like four or five times all year. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024 No equine units were needed outside Alice Tully Hall the other day when the Escher Quartet—Adam Barnett-Hart, Brendan Speltz, Pierre Lapointe, and Brook Speltz—played the Bartók quartets in a single, three-and-a-half-hour concert, under the aegis of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024 Conversation the other night turned to the subject of money. Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024

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the other/opposite/flip side of the coin

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“The other day/night/morning/afternoon/evening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20other%20day%2Fnight%2Fmorning%2Fafternoon%2Fevening. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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