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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And the Panthers couldn’t survive one of those days Sunday in Cleveland. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026 While a four-season run in the streaming era feels like a showrunner winning the jackpot, it was seen as a failure in those days – especially since the preceding Trek shows since 1987 had run for seven seasons each. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026 But in those days, fashion criticism was more a kind of knee-jerk reaction of people looking at millions of shows. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026 But those days are done for, given the money that can now be made from selling those tickets. — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 23 Sep. 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 1 Oct. 2026.

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