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 In September 2025, Kotb beamed from ear to ear on Haley Joy and Hope’s first days of third and first grade, respectively. — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026 North of the border, in British Columbia, hundreds more homes were lost this week, and 15,000 people are currently under evacuation, with extreme fire weather conditions predicted to worsen in the coming days. — John Vaillant, Time, 8 Aug. 2026 Officials shuttered the school in the mid-1990s, crushing those who remembered the glory days of the school’s prominent basketball team, which won a handful of state championships in the 1970s. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 The agency issued Lineage public nuisance violations for 25 days in a row. — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 The Wings will have played six games in 12 days, but Fernandez wouldn’t use that as an excuse for his team. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Aug. 2026 Four accounts across four services were involved, and Hugging Face’s forensic timeline documents 17,600 distinct actions across four days. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Store the cake, covered, in the refrigerator for up to four days. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for days
  1. evenings
  2. times
  3. mornings
  4. ages
  5. sunrises
  6. periods
  7. dawns
  8. eras
Noun
  • In the evenings, most guests gravitate toward the fireplace in the bar, aptly named Assemblage, or take their glasses of champagne to the wrought-iron tables scattered on the terrace to admire the sunset.
    — Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026
  • At large staffing firms, recruiters often find themselves either responding to candidates on weekends and evenings or missing out on great applicants because of slow response times.
    — Ritu Mohanka, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of evenings
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  • Tool call volume is not stable, and Arcade says its own call volume grew 25 times in six months.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The Public Defender's Office said Govindbhai, without double-checking the plate numbers, walked to the driver's side door and struck the window with his baton four times, smashing the glass.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of times
Noun
  • After years of exploring national parks across the country—from early mornings in Acadia to unforgettable days spotting wildlife in Yellowstone—I’ve found that no two parks require you to pack the same way.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026
  • After spreading the seeds, water with a sprinkler in the mornings or the evenings, when the sun isn’t intense.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of mornings
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  • The panel endorsed the drugmaker’s request for traditional approval for the vaccine in adults ages 50 to 64 and accelerated approval for adults 65 and older, which requires further trials to prove clinical benefit.
    — Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • As of late, celebrities of all ages have made a convincing case for low-rise jeans.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of ages
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  • Shot on location in Alberta, Canada, the blooming grasslands, breathtaking sunrises, glistening rivers and immense mountaintops are characters in their own right, often pulling audiences in when the storyline itself is drastically lacking.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The difference can be dramatic, with evening daylight lasting later into the day while winter sunrises arrive much later.
    — James Ward, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of sunrises
Noun
  • An unmanned vehicle could remain underwater for extended periods without requiring a surface ship to expose its position.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Amazon's recent decision to shorten server depreciation periods underscores the risk of rapid hardware aging.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 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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  • In the end, the matchup felt like two eras colliding between two different franchises.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The subtle crime drama is filled with locations and characters that evoke the city’s rich history, documenting the passage of time while exploring what made its past eras so great.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026
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