days

noun

Definition of daysnext
plural of day
1
as in daytimes
the hours of light between one night and the next during the day, we like to go play ball in the park

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2
as in times
an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing the brief but glorious day of the clipper ship

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3
as in mornings
the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance at the break of day I was relieved to realize that I had survived another night in the wilderness

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Recent Examples of days For the third time in nine days since returning from the FIFA World Cup break, that formula worked wonders for Los Angeles Football Club. — Josh Gross, Daily News, 26 July 2026 The combination of these two groups feeding on a single stem of common milkweed cleared all the leaves and seed pods within three days. — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026 Two decomposed bodies have been found within five days at a park in western North Carolina, and both cases are classified as murders, according to investigators. — Mark Price july 26, Charlotte Observer, 26 July 2026 Thousands of fans — treated with Doctor Doom masks and capes — waited nearly days to get a glimpse of Feige’s grand plan for the next era of the MCU. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 26 July 2026 As for Rutenberg’s replacement, the Falcons hired Patrick Toney, who spent just over 50 days as Ole Miss’ defensive coordinator, a stint that followed three years as the Arizona Cardinals’ defensive backs coach. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 26 July 2026 The deputy foreign ministers of Iran and Oman held talks in Tehran about the Strait of Hormuz over the past two days, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a Telegram post Sunday. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 Since a June 9 flight from Los Angeles to Mexico City ahead of the tournament's opening match, the aircraft averaged more than one flight a day and on multiple days made more than three, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. — ABC News, 19 July 2026 What happened in Atlanta was so traumatic that, even three days on, its effects are still being felt. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for days
  1. evenings
  2. times
  3. mornings
  4. ages
  5. sunrises
  6. periods
  7. dawns
  8. eras
Noun
  • During the evenings, TVs are turned off to encourage a family atmosphere.
    — USA TODAY NETWORK, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • Teaching nursery school during the day, Forti spent her evenings studying improvisation and composition at night at the Merce Cunningham Studio under musicologist Robert Ellis Dunn, who introduced her to the work of avant-garde composer John Cage.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
Definition of evenings
Noun
  • To anyone within the beam, the satellite will reflect sunlight four times brighter than a full Moon.
    — Chris Young July 28, Refractor, 28 July 2026
  • Standard Chartered's Geoff Kendrick found stablecoin turnover running at about six times a month, roughly double two years ago.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of times
Noun
  • On favorable mornings, colorful balloons fill the sky over the Turkish region, creating one of travel’s most photographed scenes, according to Visit Cappadocia.
    — Ashley Lynch July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Three months into her unemployment, Peralta Hernandez started the Sacramento Walk Club, inviting women around town to join her on twice-weekly walks — on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of mornings
Noun
  • More than 20 people were shot, including nine children whose ages ranged from 6 to 15.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • Louise Watley Library will host a break from the heat in the form of a relaxing coloring program geared toward all ages several times throughout the month.
    — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of ages
Noun
  • Usually, environmental cues such as sunrises and sunsets help set your internal clock.
    — Laura Ungar, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • There could be some colorful sunsets and sunrises, said meteorologist Lamont Bain of the weather service’s Monterey office.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of sunrises
Noun
  • While specific measures vary from site to site, employees are given ready access to energy drinks and can move shift times to earlier or later in the day to avoid periods of peak heat.
    — Oliver Balch, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • Between those planning periods, employees change jobs and health plans change.
    — Jengyu Lai, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of periods
Noun
  • Morning dawns gray and dismal, but the rain has almost ended.
    — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.
    — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Definition of dawns
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  • Ranking titanic figures from different eras might be a fruitless and silly exercise to some, but this type of debate is also the one thing sports is supposed to be.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Justin Bieber Charts Hits From Very Different Eras Bieber also occupies a pair of spaces on the Official Hip-Hop and R&B Singles chart with tracks from very different eras of his career.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of eras

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