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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But if the property has been used for unofficial recreation in the past, those days would appear to be over: The FWC officer turned away a man trying to get onto the property with his son, pulling two ATVs behind him on a trailer.
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Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2025
In those days, Sundays meant a young Freddie Ross Jr. (Freedia’s birth name) wearing suits, polished shoes and pressed slacks.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 June 2025
One of those days was captured on the Ring doorbell camera outside their home.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
In those days, the water that gushed from the fountain at the sprawling cemetery south of Tehran was dyed red to honor the blood of Iran’s martyrs.
—Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2025
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Skyler Swisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2025
In those days, Sundays meant a young Freddie Ross Jr. (Freedia’s birth name) wearing suits, polished shoes and pressed slacks.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 23 June 2025
One of those days was captured on the Ring doorbell camera outside their home.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
In those days, the water that gushed from the fountain at the sprawling cemetery south of Tehran was dyed red to honor the blood of Iran’s martyrs.
—Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2025
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 30 Jun. 2025.
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