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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Japan has sixteen official holidays a year, but Uniqlo executives don’t take those days off, in solidarity with the store staff who have to work.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
That might sound rough for a boy, but in those days men started life early.
—Jack Atcheson Sr. As Told To Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
But those days are really gone.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
The fund got off to a great start, with assets growing to over a billion in a year or so (those days a billion assets meant something).
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
That might sound rough for a boy, but in those days men started life early.
—Jack Atcheson Sr. As Told To Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
But those days are really gone.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
The fund got off to a great start, with assets growing to over a billion in a year or so (those days a billion assets meant something).
—Vineer Bhansali, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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