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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In those days, there were divinity-school students from Yale, Andover, and Amherst preaching abolition and establishing schools throughout the frontier. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 Eight thousand men and boys died in those days in July 1995 who did not have to die. Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026 That means dealerships still can’t sell vehicles on both Saturday and Sunday, even if one of those days falls on a holiday such as the Fourth of July, according to the Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026 Or, another way to take a longer view than the typical Friday-Sunday box office frame is to look at the major features that have bet on a 5-day opening from Wednesday-Sunday, with July 4 falling somewhere in those days. Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for those days

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“Those days.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/those%20days. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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