to the day
idiom
: to exactly a specified number of years
It's been 100 years to the day since their great discovery.
Soon after their wedding, almost a year to the day, they got divorced.
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For the first time in nearly 20 years, almost to the day, passenger trains will once again travel the Gulf Coast between Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans.
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AFAR Media, 14 Aug. 2025
Monday marks 24 months to the day since the city paid $9 million for the former Stay Inn at 12033 E. 38th Ave., saying it would be turned into supportive housing for the homeless.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
Surveillance footage showed the 37-year-old dad pull up to the day care in Starke, park the car and head inside to pick up his two children, then the mom walked up to the building’s front door with a backpack, deputies said.
—Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
On May 19, the worker showed up to the day care smelling of alcohol, the lawsuit said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2025
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AFAR Media, 14 Aug. 2025
Monday marks 24 months to the day since the city paid $9 million for the former Stay Inn at 12033 E. 38th Ave., saying it would be turned into supportive housing for the homeless.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
Surveillance footage showed the 37-year-old dad pull up to the day care in Starke, park the car and head inside to pick up his two children, then the mom walked up to the building’s front door with a backpack, deputies said.
—Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
On May 19, the worker showed up to the day care smelling of alcohol, the lawsuit said.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2025
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“To the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20day. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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