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.

Examples of to the day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Reyes' arrest comes exactly 20 years, to the day, after Lasswell was killed in her Phoenix home on July 10, 2004. —

Stepheny Price, Fox News, 11 July 2024 This vote took place June 25, nearly three years to the day after Choudhury came to Maryland to lead the Maryland State Department of Education. —

Chris Papst, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024 Under Murphy’s ruling, most of the digital evidence admitted, including messages, will be confined to the day of and following the murders. —

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024 That was nearly a year to the day the Warriors won the 2022 NBA title. —

Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for to the day

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