twice a day

idiom

: two times every day
The mail is delivered twice a day.

Examples of twice a day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With little time to plan a large wedding, the couple decided to go to one of the local city halls that conducts group ceremonies twice a day. Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 Fraser remembers her father would visit an older couple in the area — sometimes twice a day in their latter years. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024 Water from the Potomac River flows over parts of the sea walls twice a day during normal tide conditions, flooding the ground around many of the cherry trees, including Stumpy, and threatening visitors’ safety, Litterst said. Emily Hung, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024 The records do not indicate that staff gave Jack 11 morning doses of Haloperidol, an antipsychotic that she was supposed to take twice a day. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024 Residents had been asked to search for the missing teen twice a day, if possible. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024 Rebecca has entered hospice care at her facility, and Drolet is now with her twice a day. Paula Span, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024 The service ran from 2009 until 2020, running up to twice a day and using the same BA1 to BA4 flight numbers that Concorde used to fly, according to Instagram user @abbiecheesey. Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024 This portable, rollerball serum can be used twice a day on dull, uneven, and post-blemish skin. Iman Balagam, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024

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“Twice a day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice%20a%20day. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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