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day by day

[day-bahy-day] / ˈdeɪ baɪˈdeɪ /




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David Starkey’s account of Henry VIII’s reign takes us, day by day, from Greenwich and Westminster to Hampton Court, alongside Henry and his successive queens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

For Navarrette, the success of the movie has been a roller coaster, but she is "taking it day by day."

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

"It's a terrible time, but thank God we are alive. We go day by day."

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

“It’s day by day with him,” Prior said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

He lived alone in this deteriorating, blind building of a thousand uninhabited apartments, which like all its counterparts, fell, day by day, into greater entropic ruin.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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