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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This happened almost two years to the day after Bob Robinson-Dassel's dog Nikki died from electrocution after walking over a metal plate beneath a streetlight on the Murray Avenue Bridge, also energized by faulty wiring.
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Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The launch came 13 years to the day since the first Falcon 9 launch in 2010.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Visit our website The most obvious comparison for this action would be the overthrow of Panamanian General Manuel Noriega, the de facto military leader of the country in the 1980s who was captured by his former allies in the US military 36 years to the day before Maduro’s kidnapping.
—Séamus Malekafzali, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Nearly two years to the day, Schneider is sitting pretty as one of two main architects behind the best team in the NFC and arguably the most complete operation in the NFL — again.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
The launch came 13 years to the day since the first Falcon 9 launch in 2010.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
Visit our website The most obvious comparison for this action would be the overthrow of Panamanian General Manuel Noriega, the de facto military leader of the country in the 1980s who was captured by his former allies in the US military 36 years to the day before Maduro’s kidnapping.
—Séamus Malekafzali, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
Nearly two years to the day, Schneider is sitting pretty as one of two main architects behind the best team in the NFC and arguably the most complete operation in the NFL — again.
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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“To the day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20day. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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