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day by day

[dey-bahy-dey] / ˈdeɪ baɪˈdeɪ /




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Rovere, on the other hand, found the book to be “barren of ideas and imagination,” and “scarcely more interesting or enlightening than the day-by-day newspaper accounts.”

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

"I've said it for a while, I'm taking it day-by-day, series-by-series, and we'll see where things land," said Smith, who has played 122 Tests and scored more than 10,000 runs.

From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026

But the appropriators have continued their work through this period… So it’s a touch and go day-by-day analysis that we have here as a leadership team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

“It’s a day-by-day soap opera, and just like a soap opera, you get relief, then it heats up again,” said Jonathan D. Aronson, a professor of international communication and international relations at USC.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

In these two intensely vivid figures is given our Master's carefully, lovingly thought out plan for the day-by-day life.

From Quiet Talks on Power by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)