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 On especially warm days, consider a beer slushie instead of a traditional pour. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026 Existing law also blocks most states from systematically purging voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election, said David Becker, an election law expert who leads the Center for Election Innovation and Research. — Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026 My son treated it as his personal territory for the better part of three days. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026 But the report says even fairly basic new tasks may take several days of training. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026 The days off give the Dodgers extra flexibility to line up their pitching. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 The October 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 5 days. — Judith Y. Kim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026 In mid-September, a grand jury met over five days to decide whether there was probable cause of criminal wrongdoing in connection with Wells’s death. — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 Then toss a fresh pair of leggings into your cart to wear with popular oversized sweaters, and cute capris for the in-between-temp days. — Jessie Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for days
  1. evenings
  2. times
  3. mornings
  4. ages
  5. sunrises
  6. periods
  7. dawns
  8. eras
Noun
  • The first floor of the 929 building is home to a new restaurant, Remedy, which will serve coffee and pastries, then shift to lunch service and then later serve wine and cocktails in the evenings.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • As evenings get darker, superstars continue to light up the area’s largest venues.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of evenings
Noun
  • The chips are power-hungry (a ChatGPT AI query consumes about ten times as much energy as a normal Google search) and also generate a lot of heat, which requires cooling systems.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Raynor went 21 of 40 for 205 yards for Iowa State and Aiden Flora ran 13 times for 54 yards and caught five passes for 53.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of times
Noun
  • Pesky in-between temperatures mean packing pieces that keep you warm on chilly mornings—but also cool and comfortable on warm afternoons.
    — Kaitlin Gates, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The lifts are scheduled in the mornings and take between 8 to 12 minutes on average.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of mornings
Noun
  • FluMist is also another option, which instead of injection form, is a live influenza vaccine nasal spray for people ages 2 to 49 years old and contains egg proteins.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As soon as the actors share a frame, however, their ages exist within the fiction, allowing Maguire’s and Garfield’s Spider-Men to commiserate about back pain that the younger Holland’s Peter has yet to endure.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of ages
Noun
  • Start with this warm, dusty pink that’s inspired by the softness of nature, like peaceful sunrises and delicate rose petals.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Orthodox Jewish leaders have argued that later winter sunrises could complicate prayer schedules that are tied to sunrise and sunset.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of sunrises
Noun
  • Nolo will unleash bands of intense showers and thunderstorms onto the Big Island of Hawaii on Friday night, and periods of heavy rain will continue across Maui County over the weekend.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026
  • During those periods, almost all of the job growth went to workers with the highest level of education, but this time around things are different.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of periods
Noun
  • But as a new school year dawns here, students and teachers refuse to give up.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Morning dawns gray and dismal, but the rain has almost ended.
    — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
Definition of dawns
Noun
  • With the benefit of hindsight, music journalists are now waxing nostalgic about more recent eras.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But still, the exhibition is the rare chance to view RM as a serious art collector; someone who values Korean identity in art but also loves works from many genres, eras and countries.
    — Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
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“Days.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/days. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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