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by the day

NOUN
per diem
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After days of deliberation and faced with a forecast getting soggier by the day, Santa Anita officials have decided to postpone opening day of the 2025-26 race meeting from Friday until Sunday, Dec. 28.

From Los Angeles Times

The engineers’ most significant competitor is getting stronger by the day.

From Los Angeles Times

“Their risk of severe illness—and in Mr. Roque Campos’s case, imminent death—is real and rising by the day,” the motion states.

From Los Angeles Times

With the Federal Reserve having resumed cutting short-term interest rates, a 4% dividend yield for a stock is looking more attractive by the day when compared with bank or money-market fund yields.

From MarketWatch

With the Federal Reserve having resumed cutting short-term interest rates, a 4% dividend yield for a stock is looking more attractive by the day when compared with bank or money-market fund yields.

From MarketWatch